25 September 2009
Missouri 2009 Archery Season - Opening Week
Posted by Darrell under: Whitetail Deer; Private Ranch - Missouri .
Missouri archery season opened on September 15, 2009. I hunted the opening week pretty hard. The deer were quite elusive and I was unable to pattern them. I ended up seeing only about a dozen deer or so during the week. This was about 100 deer short of what I’m used to!
There were 5 of us hunting on opening morning. My friend Billy was in a climber and he took a nice doe about one hour after season officially opened. Cameron and Thad (my friends from Texas) both saw deer but didn’t have good shots. Jeff and I both saw nothing! In fact, I didn’t see a deer until the third day.
Thad took an eight point basket rack during the afternoon hunt of opening day. I’m glad he harvested it. It was a large 3 1/2 year old buck with a genetically inferior 8 pt rack. This deer needed to be removed from the gene pool! Thanks Thad!
I harvested a large doe on the evening of the 18th. I was hunting from a climber and finally saw several deer including a young 6pt and several does.
During the course of the week, the five of us collectively saw several small bucks and a couple LARGE bucks. We were most succesful at finding the deer by hunting acorns and berries. The deer were not hitting foodplots, clover, or minerals.
The hunting will get better and the deer will be easier to pattern as the season progresses. I have every intention of spending all the time I can spare in the woods this fall. I’ll let you know how it goes!
5 Comments so far...
Arthur Says:
28 September 2009 at 6:40 am.
Congrats! Our archery opener is this week, and I cannot wait.
Robert Says:
5 October 2009 at 7:17 am.
That is one large doe! That is awesome! 
Rex Says:
12 October 2009 at 3:21 pm.
congrats on a great deer and start to the season. sorry I have not been around much.
It is time for a new pic for the Deer Camp Blog Christmas card if you can send one.
Rex
nimrod243 Says:
31 October 2009 at 12:02 am.
I have an antlerless deer tag here in Oregon this year and my opening weekend turned out just like yours. It’s amazing how one day the hills will be crawling with deer and the next time you go out there isn’t a deer to be found. I am hunting with a rifle and hope to get one tomorrow. I think something happens to me mentally when I have an antlerless deer tag. I start thinking it is going to be so easy that I jinx myself.
Come and visit my blog if you’re interested in seeing how I do tomorrow.
Keep up the good work with the blog!
Dan day archery man Says:
4 November 2009 at 10:24 am.
Looks like you guys did a good job. I took a non-typical 14 point that also needed to be taken out of the gene pool. Good 5 year old buck that weighed 201…… by far the biggest deer I ever took by bow. Looks like the season will be a promising one this year! Congrats to my son who took a 8 pointer during youth season… I live down southern part of missouri and the rut is coming full swing!
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