Accuweather says temps dropping toward midweek and a high of 61 on Saturday for the statewide opener. Hope they're right. Can't wait to get out there. Good luck!

Went out Thursday evening to scout/set a cam and sit in a tree.  Pretty darn hot out.  Only kicked out a few doe on the way in.  Not much sign.  Oak flat I was in didn't have many/any acorns this year.  
Slept in on Friday morning.
Hoping to get out later this week in the afternoons after the cool down.

Had cameras out all summer only check 2 once had 3 shooters on that property, didn't spot or even enter the woods this year we had alot of success glassin bean fields in September seen many of quality bucks this year looks promising hopefully I can seal the deal before I ship out to Montana second week of November

Thunderpole were ya heading to in Montana?

We kicked around the idea of seeing the sights in "Big Sky Country" but that darn blizzard chased us to South Dakota instead.

Sure glad we didn't go this trip, I forgot the snow blower.😒 Mercy some places got hammered with 3 foot of snow.😳


Good luck 🤞 to everyone, swinging their feet while sitting in a tree, hunting the elusive PA. White-tailed Deer this year. "They're so darned cute".😝

Hunt Safely... Shoot to kill.

We are going to eastern Montana for muledeer me and a buddy drew tags, we have a friend that lives out there he filled all his tags this year bear,turkey, elk,deer,and pronghorn so he's going to Idaho for elk really excited for this hunt we got good chances of killing some hammers should be a great time freezing lol

Be going out this Saturday only shooting horns with the bow / crossbow  Going to use blackpowder in the early muzzleloader season then one in gun season   Good Luck All BE SAFE AND CAREFULL Eh !!!!!!!!!
 

thunderpole
We are going to eastern Montana for muledeer me and a buddy drew tags, we have a friend that lives out there he filled all his tags this year bear,turkey, elk,deer,and pronghorn so he's going to Idaho for elk really excited for this hunt we got good chances of killing some hammers should be a great time freezing lol

Good for you and good hunting.

Speaking of muledeer I took a ride through Spearfish Canyon in South Dakota just before dark hoping to get some pics.

Rounded a curve going up the canyon and there in the middle of the road was a buck and three doe. The doe tried climbing the steep cliffs to our right and the buck went over the hillside across Spearfish Creek stopping too far into the dark woods to get a pic.

The doe were frantic trying to climb the cliff and I didn't want them getting hurt so I traveled over onto the opposite berm and went by as quickly as possible with no chance for a pic.

As for freezing, tonight we're in the low 30's and highs of low 40's with rain and snow forecast the next few days but Thurs and on, Sunny and mid 60s.

Don't forget your camera, there's awsome sights.

I'll be taking plenty of pics , it's pretty crazy how technology has evolved since my last western hunt (2013) scouting from a cell phone from 1400 miles away lol gotta love onx maps

Pulled camera cards yesterday. Of course, the camera by my tree house died on 9-5, even though the batteries were at 3/4 full on 8-25 when I last pulled cards. So I lost almost a month worth of data.

No matter — there were does and fawns (the same ones most of the time) almost every day at all times of the day or night.

There were four, count them, four, different 4-points — all without brow tines. Good thing AR is improving the herd. These guys, just by sheer numbers, will probably get to pass on that wonderful no brow tines gene since they are safe from being removed from the herd (there are no youth hunters on any of the surrounding properties).

They will also necessitate careful examination of any bucks to make sure they are legal.

With knowing what I have as resident bucks, I’m going to pass on the first 3-4 weeks of the season until rutting neighbor bucks start showing up.

I have two 1.5 year old English Pointers to keep training (it would be nice not to have 80+ degree days with no wind to make it a little easier). The state pheasant hunting championship is 10/12 and I would like to enter one or both puppies. But they have a long way to go and a short time to get there.

DarDys
 There were four, count them, four, different 4-points — all without brow tines. Good thing AR is improving the herd. These guys, just by sheer numbers, will probably get to pass on that wonderful no brow tines gene since they are safe from being removed from the herd (there are no youth hunters on any of the surrounding properties).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the sarcastic remark about AR improving the herd is then proven correct in theory by the following sentence you wrote?
 
It can be interrupted that "these small bucks will not get shot because they do not meet the minimum, leaving them to live another year" Most cases those small non legals right now will become legal the following year, not all the time, but majority.
 
Isnt that the point of AR?