Opening day.

[Pappy]

Opening day, here I come.   It would seem as many years as I have done this [41 ]that the excitement of opening day would ease a little, but that's not the case, I am like a kid at the candy story the day and night before the opening day of Bow season, I will hardly sleep tonight I can guarantee that, will be up every 15 minutes checking the clock and finely up for good by 4am maybe earlier just itching to get in the woods, probably be in the stand at least an hour maybe a little more before shooting light, just can't wait. I love it all the time but something about opening morning just fires me off. Hope everyone has a good one whenever yours opens and hope most feel the same excitement as I feel. Love it.
 Pappy

[osage outlaw]

Good luck Pappy.  I hope a fat doe or a nice buck walks by in range for you.  I will miss my opening morning for only the second time in 25 years.  My daughter has a big cross country meet that morning.  She has really worked hard this year and I don't want to miss seeing her win the conference meet.  I'll  be out opening night though.

[Eric Krewson]

I am going to stay home tomorrow, Tn season always opens before I am ready to hunt. I still have bush hogging to do and stands to put up plus the 90+ degree temps take the fun out of it for me.

[BowEd]

You bet I'm always excited about the opening day too.To finally get in the woods to seriously shoot at something legally besides just stump shooting.Good luck fellas.

[sleek]

Yall have fun. Opening day is oct 1st for us. But, right now I dont have a place to keep any deer I shoot. I gadda find a friend with a freezer. Or buy one and keep it at their place. I wont have much time to hunt either unless i take time off work, but I do have sundays and thanksgiving. And I have some short bows that are just begging me to take them into the woods.

Yall have fun, good luck, and be safe!

[Ed Brooks]

Good Luck Pappy! You got me excited all over again just reading this. Ed

[JoJoDapyro]

It is the ingrained hunter in us. Some of us have it, some don't. Those of us that do know all about it!

[bradsmith2010]

hey Pappy,,know you gonna get one,,
I will get to go oct 3 in texas for a few days off work
Talked to Bryon today and he said hes gonna go but spose to be in the 90,s,, whew thats hot,,
you got to kill one early and get it on the ice,,right,,
what bow you shooting this year and what arrow set up,, are you sure your practiced enough:)  for that 5 yard shot you gonna get,,

[GlisGlis]

I cant bowhunt where I live
you are exciting me beyond sustainable
let me live it a little bit through your storys

[Badly Bent]

Good luck Pappy. I've got the itch to get out there opening day myself and do every year when I'm able,  one more week until our season opener.

[Stixnstones]

Good luck Pappy, cant wait to see the pics.

[chamookman]

Good luck and be safe Pappy - go get 'Em ! A week from today, I'll be feeling the same thing - Bob.

[mullet]

Good luck, Mark, get that 7 point.

[H Rhodes]

Good luck Pappy!  I have a little less than three weeks of anticipation to go.  Fields to disc and planting to be done, so that will keep me busy for the next couple of weeks.  Once the days start getting shorter, the acorns start dropping, Orion's belt  shows up in the night sky, I get afflicted with a loss of hair on my left forearm.... If I get to use every broadhead I have sharpened in the last week, I should have a freezer full!   I will never get cured of this excitement.  I have over forty years of hunting seasons behind me, and I am as stoked about this one as I was about the first one.  Planning a hunt, setting up a tree stand, building a ground blind, doing the scouting, is all good and I enjoy it, but that first morning waiting on the sun to come up is a special thing.  It won't be long now! 

[sleek]

I get to be out in the woods sunday. A deer this year would be especially nice. I cant decide if I am hunting with slightly ticked again or another even shorter one.