Harold, we used to always make the MN opener about the middle of September.  As I go older, I could not take the heat, or at least, I no longer wanted to hunt in those conditions.  Still, I miss the early hunts, and will enjoy them vicariously thanks to your posts. 
 
I hope to see more reports!
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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				"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) 
 
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
			 
		
		
		
		
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