I went out with my bow after deer opening day, last Saturday.

I knew that there would be plenty of other hunters around since the opener was on a weekend. My strategy included that fact, and I set up between 2 well established deer highways near the end of the State Park that the critters run to when people show up.

I got in an hour before shooting time, and was sitting quiet with half an hour to go. I was very excited about my setup and the venison I hoped to be loading into the car within hours.

Then, about a half hour into shooting time, these 2 idiots come tromping right down one of the deer trails making a ton of noise.[:@] I whistled to them so they know I'm there in case my luck was bad enough that they were planning on sitting down near me. They never acknowledged me, but did make a turn and ended up leaving the area on the other deer trail. [:@]

Great. Now the best part of the day for this area is past, and both trails stink like dumb tardy humans. But wait, it gets worse. About 2 hours later, a guy comes by with his 10 year old kid and sits down on a log about 40 yards from my stand. [:@]This just isn't my day.

They were quiet enough that I didn't hear them until they were just about to their destination. I didn't make any noise this time. I figured my hunt was pretty well blown anyway, so I thought it would be fun to watch them for a bit and see how long it took them to notice me. I thought it was pretty cool that the guy had taken his kid out. I thought, "That'll be me in a few years."
Then, within 2 minutes the guy lights up a cigarette directly upwind of me! [:@]I just laughed to myself, but deep down I was pissed. I guess there really weren't any deer around by then anyway, but it still got to me.
About 15 minutes later, the kid finally noticed me, and they politely and quietly snuck back out the way they had come in.

I ended my day getting harrassed by squirrels and almost getting pooped on by a Red-Tailed Hawk.
He would have gotten me too, but he forgot to play the wind.

Who knows? Maybe I got all of my bad luck for the season out of the way in one hunt.