Opening day strategy question.

[trouthunter1106]

Genuinely curious cause I hear guys say it literally all summer and leading up to their hunts whether it’s early season archery or a later rifle tag and everything in between.

How many times have you “glassed something up the night before opener” and then just casually snuck in and killed it?

I always hear that as the proverbial “plan,” but I’m curious to hear how high the success rate is. I’ve been at this a minute and I’ll admit that’s usually my plan, but I’ve never really had it pan out that way. The animals, other hunters, and Murphy always have a say.

 

[displacedtexan]

Once.

Not just opening day, but in all my "first day of hunt"s

20 years.

 

[il_cop]

For our group, I reckon 25% of the time. 1 every 4 years, roughly. That's one tag in a group of 2 or 3 depending on the year. We are typically boots on the ground a day and a half before opener with two evenings and one morning glassing session, and this is in areas we know.