Here is a couple pictures from opening weekend. My brother-in-law Todd Ritter scored on a dandy 8 pointer opening day. We saw lots of bucks but Todd was the only one to score. This was his first Bow Kill..not a bad start!
A second look
A second look
Here is the story behind the deer. This was shot up at my cabin near Park Rapids. The buck came in about 6:45 PM and was feeding on one of our Clover food plots. The Mathews Q2 did its job real well with a perfectly placed shot.
We saw a total of 9 different bucks between the two of us for the weekend. Two would have been shooters. Todd got his, my arrow hit a BIG branch and shattered 
First time for everything!!
Here is the story behind the deer. This was shot up at my cabin near Park Rapids. The buck came in about 6:45 PM and was feeding on one of our Clover food plots. The Mathews Q2 did its job real well with a perfectly placed shot.
We saw a total of 9 different bucks between the two of us for the weekend. Two would have been shooters. Todd got his, my arrow hit a BIG branch and shattered First time for everything!!
Great looking buck! I guess missing is part of bowhunting. The bad thing is you never forget! The good thing is there is still an entire season for another shot 
Great looking buck! I guess missing is part of bowhunting. The bad thing is you never forget! The good thing is there is still an entire season for another shot
Congrats! I couldn’t bring myself to battle the skeeters.
Congrats! I couldn’t bring myself to battle the skeeters.
I was suprised. None of us wore head nets, they did come out before dark but not like a typical warm opener where you think they are going to carry you away. The bugs are really bad around my home though. I won’t be hunting there for a month or so!
I was suprised. None of us wore head nets, they did come out before dark but not like a typical warm opener where you think they are going to carry you away. The bugs are really bad around my home though. I won’t be hunting there for a month or so!
Matthews Bow with a Browning hat. hmm
Matthews Bow with a Browning hat. hmm
You have to buy the hat! LOL
Nice Buck!!! 
Now what? A 12lb. walleye to go with it? 
Nice buck…how much did it weigh?
Nice buck…how much did it weigh?
Nice buck 
.I still have to wait untill oct 1 here in iowa,man it can,t come quick enough 
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Nice buck .I still have to wait untill oct 1 here in iowa,man it can,t come quick enough .
I’ll bet the reason why the openers two weeks ahead of us tony is because it gets colder earlier up in the north woods befor it does here plus the lights dropping faster than down here too. Its time to hunt deer.
I’ll bet the reason why the openers two weeks ahead of us tony is because it gets colder earlier up in the north woods befor it does here plus the lights dropping faster than down here too. Its time to hunt deer.
Thought I would jump in with a little note.. It’s 10:55 pm and my future father-in-law is out tracking a 150+ down near Mazeppa. I’m stuck in Burnsville and is killing me that cant be there…He was in the stand that I set up yesterday. I was walking out yesteday morning and ran acrossed a spot that had some amazing new deer sign and huge tracks! So i threw up a stand yesterday at noon and tonight he had a 120 and a 150 or so walk by at 7pm. He called me at 9 and told me he ws on his way to track the big guy….I’ll keep you posted and post pics if he brings it home…..Wish Dean good luck! He’s a good shot so I’m not too worried.
Thought I would jump in with a little note.. It’s 10:55 pm and my future father-in-law is out tracking a 150+ down near Mazeppa. I’m stuck in Burnsville and is killing me that cant be there…He was in the stand that I set up yesterday. I was walking out yesteday morning and ran acrossed a spot that had some amazing new deer sign and huge tracks! So i threw up a stand yesterday at noon and tonight he had a 120 and a 150 or so walk by at 7pm. He called me at 9 and told me he ws on his way to track the big guy….I’ll keep you posted and post pics if he brings it home…..Wish Dean good luck! He’s a good shot so I’m not too worried.
Keep us posted on that one. I had to run up to the cabin to get one more hunt in before I leave for the FLW Championship. I had two small bucks, a 6 & 7 under my stand for 20 minutes. They sparred one time for about 30 seconds. That was really cool 
No shooter to report, just nice to watch the two small bucks have fun. I am done now until early October
Keep us posted on that one. I had to run up to the cabin to get one more hunt in before I leave for the FLW Championship. I had two small bucks, a 6 & 7 under my stand for 20 minutes. They sparred one time for about 30 seconds. That was really cool No shooter to report, just nice to watch the two small bucks have fun. I am done now until early October
Unfortunately he never found the buck. Its too bad that it had to go that way especially to someone who had tried so hard to manage land and conservation for that very moment. He definatley put in his time and effort while searching as he is sickened by the thought and went for a walk tonight just in case he might run acrossed it by accident. Who knows, maybe the buck made it through. Sorry I have no pics, will post when it is my time!
Unfortunately he never found the buck. Its too bad that it had to go that way especially to someone who had tried so hard to manage land and conservation for that very moment. He definatley put in his time and effort while searching as he is sickened by the thought and went for a walk tonight just in case he might run acrossed it by accident. Who knows, maybe the buck made it through. Sorry I have no pics, will post when it is my time!
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