Hang in there, atlas. I've only been out once this year. Opening morning. Got busted before daylight and never heard a sound the rest of the day. Then my mother-in-law, who was sick with cancer but doing fair, took a turn for the worse and died within a week. So I haven't been much for hunting til now. Then I got a hair brained idea to go buy a new bow. I had my old one shooting darts. Bought a new one, stripped off the gear and put on the new one and now I've got to start all over again. [8D] Oh well. I'll get motivated here real quick. I was laughing reading your post but at the same time almost wished I had been in your shoes. Almost.