I'm like others, deer hunting is a year round thing for me. It's been my love since I was 12. 33 years later I still enjoying hunting, planning the hunts and now the habitat work for it. Every year I have different goals that make my season a success. My 12y/o son is into hunting, I like to see him enjoy the hunt. Also my dad is aging with health issues, so I'm excited to see him get one. This year has been a success for them. Dad killed a 7pt in ML while I was with him. My son has killed 3 so far. He killed his first with xbow, then scored a 9pt and doe with gun. Makes 12 deer for him at 12 years old.
1 goal I've had is to at least kill 1 deer a year. I've had a few years since 1996 that I got really close to not getting this done, '97 it was the last 10 mins of season and 17 it was the last week. This year has been a challenge. With my kids activities, this is the first year I've not bow hunted. Then ML I missed 2 does, after 2nd one, found my gun was shooting 6" low at 50. Just spent the past week being off and saw a total of 3 deer. The 2 days I've not been hunting my place, shooter bucks have walked right by my stand...lol