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Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 12:06 AM
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DQ Kid
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Any that you'd like to share with the rest of THF breathern????
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
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11/07/22 01:05 AM
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Jimbo1
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Worst opening weekend for me ever. Lesson learned...if it can break, it will. Just couldn't get in sync all weekend.
FJB - Lets Go Brandon BBB - Bring Back Better Awake - Not Woke!
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
#8727976
11/07/22 01:12 AM
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jskin
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I learned you can’t put gas in your diesel truck. Been running diesel trucks for 20 years and never done it. I guess I just flat out wasn’t paying attention. Switching between gas and diesel vehicles finally but me in the butt! Lesson learned, slow down and have a clear mind.
"While we are postponing, life speeds by"
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: jskin]
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11/07/22 01:15 AM
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You’re not the first to make that mistake. Speaking for a friend…
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
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11/07/22 01:26 AM
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DLALLDER
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Left my coffee in the truck!! Daniel
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
#8727993
11/07/22 01:27 AM
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J Loves Huntin
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Working on ambulances we had a guy do it as well. Yes we do have a mix of gas/diesel but all vehicles have the type of gas in hood next to gas cap. I was working the truck the next day…. Talk about a crappy truck
If you look back over your life are you fully satisfied you pleased the Maker of Creation. Are you fully assured that you have trusted in His Son, Jesus Christ, for your salvation. Are you confident that you have a definite hope of going to Heaven?
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 01:28 AM
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TxAggie10
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Texas A&M Association of Former Students WH10P!
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 02:45 AM
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 02:48 AM
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Texas Dan
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Stay late in the morning whenever the moon is approaching full. It was almost 10am before I saw my first deer Saturday morning and then I saw three within a 30-minute window.
Last edited by Texas Dan; 11/07/22 02:50 AM.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
#8728080
11/07/22 03:28 AM
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When you’re in the tree stand and hear footsteps in the brush right behind you, don’t immediately jerk your head around to look.. Might just be the only mature buck you’ll see all weekend, and you don’t want to spook it….
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." - Ecclesiastes 9:10
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 03:38 AM
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When you’re in the tree stand and hear footsteps in the brush right behind you, don’t immediately jerk your head around to look.. Might just be the only mature buck you’ll see all weekend, and you don’t want to spook it…. These days I strive to place a stand with heavy brush or other obstacles behind me and I'll have a kill zone where I can't swivel around and get busted moving my head/upper body around trying to see whatever. Been busted by the old wise does too many times. Turn back around and there's the old biddy staring straight at you within spitting distance. They also snort the loudest after they busted you and are running away at top speed
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
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11/07/22 01:19 PM
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BC211
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If the man who set the timers last says he "thinks" he remembers the AM feed time he set - give yourself an extra 30 earlier than normal just in case
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 02:06 PM
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I have come to rely on iphone too much to pass time while sitting. I forgot my phone and glasses Sunday morning and found myself missing the ability to access the internet. Flip side, for the first time in a long time I was able to sit quietly and observe the beauty of the sunrise, the waking of the birds, and overall more in tune with my surroundings. Going to make a strong effort to minimize my time on the phone while hunting.
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: Dalroo]
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11/07/22 02:30 PM
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Texas Dan
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I have come to rely on iphone too much to pass time while sitting. I forgot my phone and glasses Sunday morning and found myself missing the ability to access the internet. Flip side, for the first time in a long time I was able to sit quietly and observe the beauty of the sunrise, the waking of the birds, and overall more in tune with my surroundings. Going to make a strong effort to minimize my time on the phone while hunting. There was a reason those first Blackberry devices were often called "Crackberries".
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 03:39 PM
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Make sure your scope is on your zero and not 14.25 or 15 MOA high from shooting 700y last time out He didn't survive the 3rd shot...our deer are HUNGRY and evidently stupid
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 03:49 PM
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Opener wasn't good at all. saw some young bucks already chasing does around and it is going to be hot all this week.
Spend time with the ones you love. Time is not guaranteed.
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 07:52 PM
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Check your "neighbors' fence at least a week ahead of time so that you dont have a herd of cattle on your place all week the week before knocking down/emptying feeders
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: jskin]
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11/07/22 07:57 PM
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Grosvenor
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Yep, I once drove my wife's vehicle for 2 weeks and then filled my diesel truck up with gas the day we made the switch back. Painful.
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
[Re: DQ Kid]
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11/07/22 09:39 PM
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When your ex wife sends you with your youngest daughter and says, "Ah it's just allergies".......Nope it's pink eye and a trip to urgent care on opening day in BFE and the whole family likely gets it.
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 09:41 PM
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 09:47 PM
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I have come to rely on iphone too much to pass time while sitting. I forgot my phone and glasses Sunday morning and found myself missing the ability to access the internet. Flip side, for the first time in a long time I was able to sit quietly and observe the beauty of the sunrise, the waking of the birds, and overall more in tune with my surroundings. Going to make a strong effort to minimize my time on the phone while hunting. That is excellent. I can't remember who said it, but there's a quote (of course I'm probably paraphrasing, since I can't remember who said it) that says..."Most of the world's problems are caused by men who cannot sit alone, in a room, quietly, for any length of time." I'd be much obliged to any member on here that could cite this quote properly. My first sit of the season every year now I know that "it's a process" to "tune out and turn on", "get back in the groove", etcetera.
Last edited by Creekrunner; 11/07/22 09:49 PM.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 10:00 PM
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Many moons ago I learned to double check that your magazine is with your rifle, not sitting on a shelf in you safe back at home. Still got my deer that day, but glad as heck I didn't need a fast follow up shot.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.www.NewHopeEquine.com - Health and Healing through Horses.
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/07/22 10:00 PM
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Dalroo
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I have come to rely on iphone too much to pass time while sitting. I forgot my phone and glasses Sunday morning and found myself missing the ability to access the internet. Flip side, for the first time in a long time I was able to sit quietly and observe the beauty of the sunrise, the waking of the birds, and overall more in tune with my surroundings. Going to make a strong effort to minimize my time on the phone while hunting. That is excellent. I can't remember who said it, but there's a quote (of course I'm probably paraphrasing, since I can't remember who said it) that says..."Most of the world's problems are caused by men who cannot sit alone, in a room, quietly, for any length of time." I'd be much obliged to any member on here that could cite this quote properly. My first sit of the season every year now I know that "it's a process" to "tune out and turn on", "get back in the groove", etcetera. "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," wrote the French philosopher Blaise Pascal. As I should have said, at first, I was missing the phone, but quickly decided I was better off without it and spent the rest of the time enjoying the process....
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/08/22 01:28 AM
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Re: Opening Weekend - Lessons Learned
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11/08/22 02:46 AM
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If you use The Timer. Don't set P1 to 5:00PM 0 sec spin and P2 5:00PM 5 sec spin and expect it to go off at 5:00PM
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