How many days until deer season?

Anticipation is part of the joy, but you want to give yourself the best chance for early success while deer are still in their summer routines; pressure from other hunters may change their movements.

This Outdoor Hub post by Barrie Berringer explores ways to ensure success with early-season bucks.

The buck in my spotting scope was not a giant by any means. His thick, stubby 10-point frame would maybe go 130 tops. But for this part of north-central Minnesota where more than 80 percent of bucks are shot when they are yearlings, just seeing a four-year-old buck was a rare occurrence indeed. What made this buck appealing was the predictability of his habits. I had seen him more than a dozen times in the same alfalfa field on late summer evenings. I felt I had a reasonable chance of shooting him in the first days of the season.

I had to take a couple weeks off in early September to chase bears, and when I returned, it was September 15, the evening before Minnesota’s archery season opener…

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