rob hows that cold fall air treating you?? i dont know about where you are but i could see my breath ALL day today. im actually considering shutting off the fan tonight. i hate to do it though..i know itll get stuffy in this little dorm room. but man did it feel like FALL today. cant wait. headed home tomarrow after class. last weekend before the season. the gear will be lined up and packed. ready to roll. double check it next week and its GAME TIME! friday i plan to take my stand out to my buddys and learn to use it better and shoot from it a bit. then i gota meet with my farmer friend and hes coming with me to pick the opening morning tree. im not too excited about opening morning though. theyve seen 9 diffrent bucks in the fields PLUS does...but so has everyone else in the township. someone actually been driving through the field im hunting. my friend spread manure on their trail..they made a new one. spread again..they made another. i havent got to talk to him to see if they been back. im not actually hunting the field. im hunting the woods that they enter back into. i really dont have any hopes for the morning. too many guys know about them. the whole township talks of them....im in a spot noone else should be but still...we will see. after the first day we have backup plans to hunt between the houses where the deer will be after the pressure is on. opening evening i will be tucked on the edge of that sweet fruit orchard. i have HIGH hopes for that spot and been having dreams of my slamming does and nailing a bruiser there.....we will see.

on a GOOD note for the team....i doubt my doe tags will be here for opening day for my home area...i may be BUCK hunting. i got my 2 for up here at school but just sent for the 2 at home friday..we will see. im trying to get a doe or 4 under the belt in quick fasion. my release arm is itchy! the first evening in the orchard though i may buckhunt either way. the does arent going anywhere....and the first day may be the best to bust a buck in there. we will see....id love to set my hands around a set of antlers with the bow in the other hand!