Last 3 seasons I have been blessed with taking some nice deer on opening weekend of muzzleloader season. Bucks were taken out of ladder stands which were not bow hunted from prior to mz season. In all cases I let does walk by and waited for the bucks to follow which occurred 5-15 min later.
170#-7pt
155#-8pt
166#-6pt
170#-7pt
155#-8pt
166#-6pt