SuperCore continued his record of Opening Day successes with a fat 8-pointer taken as he came out from behind Broken Corners and heading into Dead Skunk Hollow. SuperCore made a brilliant neck shot and brought the bruiser down about 120 yards from his vantage at Jagendehutte.

I was out at Campground and noted his shot as the 14th of the morning, occurring at 0710 ET, about 20 minutes into season. My action was far less substantial but rather humbling. about 0900 I saw one of the local hatracks come through, chasing a doe in earnest. I had heard several from across the line an hour earlier, and they had come from the direction the big buck was heading. He was a good 50 yards past the fence and running. Even if it had been my property, I’d not have had a shot, but I did get to see him galumphing along like a waddling fat man. It was humbling.

Both Moose and Angus had some fun action watching bucks and does interact, but the bucks were small and the big guys never showed up for them.

Conditions for The Opener were ideal with a starting temp of 35 degrees and nary any wind. Afternoon brought light on-and-off showers that were of no consequence. Earnest rain started well after dark. The wind came up and now it is raging out there. We’ll have bouts of driving rain before Noon before it clears. The wind will be intense until after sunset. This is not ideal conditions for Remnars’ arrival and first hunt. We’ll be picking him up around Noon.

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