I’m heading to the sanctuary with my guile suit on hoping ole big boy comes by the Clorox stump I’m set up on!! Whils Bill said there’s a good un in here so wish me luck!! Good luck and be safe

I'll be sitting on a power line that runs thru 20 year old planted pines.

Wake up boys!!

Got to my spot at 4:30 waiting to walk in now. Hoping to get a nice public land deer this year.

Present, headed out the door now.

Been up since 4:00 a.m.! Of course we are just getting ready to head to a wrestling tournament. Y’all have fun, be safe and good luck!! Post pics of some big ol’ bucks!!

I'm up! Still trying to shake this cold, but i feel much better today, so I'll be heading out in about 15. Good Luck everybody......

Headed out the door now...gonna sit on a plot this morning.

Going to get ready to climb up the mountain here in Pelham. Good luck fellas!

Alarm was set for 330 pm... but I’m up and headed out anyways

Headed to the stand. Good luck everyone!

Present

Always feels like Christmas morning. Good luck everyone. Have a great season, be safe.

In the tree with bow in hand.

Settled in with my girlfriend trying to get her first deer. Setup on a power line, with a green field on either side of us. Right at daylight heard a shot that sounded like it was on my property. Unfortunately can’t leave her and go get the sob

Jumped a deer walking in earlier. Also heard a shot that sounded like it was on my AL property. I might get down and see if that’s the case

Just had a button buck come by

In the tree with my 308 in hand

Little late to stand. Had some issues with my safety harness. I'm here in Pike county and it's a beautiful morning! Saw 6 deer including a rack buck on side of 231 south of Montgomery on way down. Thank you lord for allowing me to see another opening day! Good luck all!

Dr. B

You in the big pen or little pen

Good luck to everyone out today

In the tree where I killed my 10 point last year: thick hardwoods near a 4 year old natural regen cutover...good luck!!

Got permission to hunt some adjoining land that hasn’t been hunted much. In an old shooting house overlooking a grown up field. Good luck to everyone.

I was late getting in the tree but I'm where I saw a bunch last year opening morning. Haven't heard a single shot yet.

Just got off a sound shot in some thick canes on Skyline.Never seen the deer but it was thrashing like a big one.

Present, in shooting house overlooking cut beans with fresh cutover beside it.

Had a doe and 2 big gobblers come through about 630-645

Had an emergency bathroom break to stop for so I'm a little late climbing up. Real foggy here in Coosa county. Hoping my gun hunt sightings of deer will be better than my bow hunts were.

Live from a ground blind....heard a shot about fifteen minutes ago nearby...not on my property because mine is like hunting on a postage stamp

A sound shot??? I hope that didn’t go the way I’m reading it!

I was thinking the same thing.

Didn’t feel real good about the spot I picked in the dark, so when the opportunity to whack some eatin’ size pigs presented itself, I let the little blackout pistol bark. 3 shots, 3 kills.

10 minutes later a button buck walked up and sniffed one of them and kept on about his way.

In a shooting house over looking some cut over and small field. It’s the wife’s first time hunting. Will be very lucky to see a deer. Buddy messaged me and asked if I shot.. told him it was just her shutting the truck door..
However we’ve managed to shoot plenty of selfies. Don’t see something soon it could be an early rut in this shooting house 😂

Here sitting on creek hoping for big daddy...

A fork horn and a couple does so far for me in Crenshaw county.

6 does

3pt so far. 1st deer ive seen all season.

Just pulled in he trigger on a nice buck, think I heard him fall out of sight. Then had a doe show up and busted her. She fell within 49 yards. I'm shaking like crazy.

Seen a couple small bucks and 6 doe so far.

waiting for pics

Buck down!! Looks like a wide 8

You know the aldeer rule. Pics will be required.
I was a rad late but dang was it foggy. Backed up against a big tree in a blue lawn chair with brushy views of a woods crossing one wavy and a field edge the other. It’s a good spot but needed a little trimming/blind building.

2 does and 2 yearlings so far

All you killers better put pics up! Including the hogs!

Seeing a bunch of does

Good luck!!

At work & very envious! Keep posting.

Haven’t heard a shot in my part of Chilton Co. so far.

1 doe so far

Y'all ain't ever taken a sound shot?

they just dont know what they doing

2 does and twins I've heard 5 or 6 shots.

So far just 3 groups of turkeys all coming from different directions meeting up in front of me at my oak trees I'm watching. They have been making all kinds of racket for about an hour. Sitting on a ridge overlooking an oak bottom with a pine thicket behind me.

2 bucks down and still no pics? This is why we can’t have nice things!

That’s what I’m talking about! Congrats fella’s! Post the pics when you can!

Watching a yearling and two spotted fawns right now.

Very nice. Congrats to you.

Here ya go boys

Nice AU love the kicker
U too slayin that deer is wide!

Nice deer AU.

Congrats on kills fellas

2 great kills. Well done!

Another good one 24/7!

Big doe down. 5 others went running off towards one of my employees shooting house and I heard him sound off.

Way to go! Awesome buck. Congrats to you.

Fine bucks, congrats!

Nice deer fellas!

Nice deer fellas.

Great bucks !!

Great deer, congrats fellas

Awesome bucks! Congrats!

Some good bucks, way to start it off!

Heck yea guys!

Gonna need some coordinates to go with these pictures... congrats guys and good luck to the rest of y’all like me , still freezing in the woods hoping y’all left some for the rest of us

Sitting on a clear cut in Lee county. Seen a few does so far. Should have brought my shotgun, could have killed a limit of doves first hour of daylight.

Couple of studs already!!!

Congrats guys!!

Couple nice bucks fellas congrats! Shot a coyote that snuck in at 20 steps from the ground had 2 does come by so far and was circled by 5 turkey trying to figure me out. Then they noticed that dead yote and we're very interested in him for a while. Lol

I’ve seen a spike, a doe, and yearling so far. No shot on the doe.

Another doe & yearling just passed through.

On a planted gas line in Wilcox, about 20 does and yearlings crossed, need to see some horns

Nice bucks fellas......

Nice bucks, congrats

Congrats on the deer everyone. Nothing here this morning. Have heard about dozen shots.

Must be prime dove time in lee county... I’m here too and that’s al I’ve seen

That’s some danged good opening day bucks! Congrats fellas!!!

I’ve watched a young hawk chase 2 skweerls around a tree for the last hour, it’s been hilarious

Congrats on the fine bucks!

7 more just filtered into the plot. 10 does & a fork horn so far.

Congats on the bucks men

JT said a 15 pound full spot fawn has been on his field for 20 or so minutes by itself. Ate for a while a just laid down in the sun.

Her momma must have been bow hunting for one that little to be feeding alone

Nice kills fellas👏👏

5 nannies, coyote and a turkey is all I’ve seen

Congrats fellas

Big Doe Down! 2nd hunt for my 4.5 year old son, I shot but he is STOKED!! Got a video right after she went down and he’s almost jumping in shooting house chair 😁

Good job guys! Y’all didn’t waste any time!

Congrats everyone!!

Congrats fellers!

Good deer guys. Still waiting on pics from bdw32.

No deer seen. Just had about 8 turkeys feed through while I was working my climber down the tree.

Wound up seeing about 25 does and yearlings and two decent 8 points

BBD, shot him at 8:40. Pics to come when I get him out.

Let me guess. "Public land" again

Gonna have to rename him Big Buck Killer. Congrats!

Congrats guys on today’s harvest.

😀😀😀 We got him out as far as we could. My buddy went to get the game cart for the last leg! Thank the Lord for good friends.

Congrats to the killers!!! Those are some great bucks!!

I saw 3 fawns and a 3 point this morning

Way to go fellas.Y'all that didn't get one,enjoy the fact that you got to go

The only thing we shot were “selfies.”
Got to a shooting house before dark. Achievement 1 has been met at this point.
We get settled in and I said there’s a good chance there will be some coming across this cut over right at daylight and I started into my bag to get some binoculars and then was blinded by camera flashes. I looked up like what in the heck are you doing and she had snapped a picture of me and was taking photos lol.. she captured my what heck you doin face
All in all she was about as stealthy as a piano tumbling down a flight of stairs for about the first 45 minutes.. I suppose after that she was posting her pictures because she did at one point sit still.. then her feet got cold so we did a foot tap for a bit and she said I just can’t sit still let’s walk down over the hill. Absolutely a great idea I thought, so we eased through the cut over following some deer trails towards a hardwood creek bottom. We took our time walking and I pointed out some of the deer sign and just kind of chit chatted about deer sign. She went through that cut over like a champ and even stopped me a few times to show me some deer prints and bedding.

We walked a good ways through some thick stuff and ended up at a pretty spot on the creek bed with several white oaks and sign everywhere. I figured if we ever were to see a deer that this would be the spot. I found a spot about 35 yards away from some large active white oaks where we could still see the flat and cut over pretty good. We settled in against a tree with some vines in front of us hoping to break up the silhouette. I knew she would be moving all around.
Few minutes go by and I noticed some subtle movements off in some thick area. I told her we may have a deer headed our way. I didn’t have time to hand her the rifle before a big nanny presents herself perfectly broadside. I whispered there’s your deer. She leaned over looking for it and her phone goes off... it’s that Siri thing asking how she can help us.. doe kind of scampers off. She said why didn’t you shoot it?
I told her I was letting her shoot her first deer. Her response to that was “ well I mean I want to shoot one but our deep freeze has no deer meat in it so you do what you gotta do.”
That was an affirmation of why I love this gal.
We had to go not long after that and she wanted to walk around the creek bend to see what was there. She followed a trail that led us to some good rubs and a sure nuff buck hot spot. She said can we put that double ladder here or you just get me a climber?
I said you want to use a climber? “I’d love to learn how to use one” she said..

I don’t know how well she will do as a tree stand hunter but I may have myself a stalk hunter in the making.
All in all ended up being a great morning with the wife. Thankfully she loved it and seems to be all in now!
Maybe I won’t get scolded anymore for buying all the hunting crap I buy.

My next adventure is my 6 yr old chatterbox daughter.. here’s a few photos.. to be continued

We waiting!!

Killed a doe at 10:30

Here’s our doe from this morning! I was on trigger duty but Hoyt has had the time of his life!

I think the Ladybug Rut is in full swing. Good lord there must be a billion of them.

Somebody is wearing out the doves west of me. I came back to where I was this morning. Food plot surrounded by small pines and sage.

Dr. B

That’s what it’s all about! He looks like he had a blast!