I’ve always considered myself more of a bowhunter.  It’s not that I have anything against people who would rather hunt with a gun, there has just always been something that drew me to bowhunting.  With that being said, though, there is still something magical about mornings such as the one that will be happening tomorrow.  There is something very unique about the opening day of gun season.

Anticipation is always one of the draws to hunting, but on this particular morning, I think the anticipation level is elevated about 500%: waiting in the tranquil woods, watching, and just wondering when the first shotgun will echo through the timber.  And hoping, just hoping, that the first gun you hear is yours.

I have sat through many gun openers.  And while the stillness, and tranquilness, that I associate with bowhunting isn’t really there, there is definitely still an attraction to the opening day of the firearm season.  I think it is simply just knowing, that with that many hunters in the woods, you never know what could come strolling past at any moment.  Plus, for me anyway, gun season is a little more relaxed than bow season.  I don’t mean to sound like I don’t take gun season seriously, but with guns, everything doesn’t have to go exactly as planned like with a bow.

Tomorrow I will be perched 15ft up in the swamp-waiting on that buck that has eluded me for the last couple of years.  Sure, bow season is on hold for a few weeks, but I still couldn’t be happier-bundled up for the second rain/snow mix of the year, and waiting………..just waiting.

For all of you who are out this weekend for the opening of firearm, we at SimplyOutdoors.net wish you good luck.  Hopefully all of us will be telling stories about our success around the buck pole later this evening.

Opening day is here!

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