That's how I felt. At least I got out and had some action. Rifle season is coming soon and then there's the late season. Nobody hunts this local woodlot so I'll hit it again in the late season and the deer shouldn't be too skittish.

Two things surprised me, though:

1- For deer that aren't ever hunted, they are just as spooky as deer on the game lands.

2 - Although all the deer in the whole township are squeezed into the same 20-30 acres, it still takes some effort to find them.

Whitetails are not pushovers - ever!