hello guys, I am ready to go also. I live in NC so my bucks here are not monsters, but I have 3 nice 8 pts I have been after since last year. I will start hunting on Sept 9 thru Jan 1 and I have a trip to Illinois planned Nov 11-18 which I am stoked about. I pretty much bow hunt all the time. My wife and kids like to go hunting with me as well. The worst part about hunting around home is that when gun season starts, the dog hunters run dogs all over the top of our still hunting club and it makes it almost impossible to pattern deer at this time. I look forward to being teammates with you guys.