Those two things don't necessarily go together, but I encountered both on this mornings bow hunt. PA has a 3 day junior/senior doe hunt in which both are permitted to use rifles, management technique designed at lowering the overall deer numbers. I live in a housing development in a rather heavily populated area andhunt the funnels and patches of woods that surround the development. These areas are decent sized but not large enough for what I would consider rifle hunting territory. Needless to say I was wrong. About 7:30 a shot rings out about 300 yards below me. Close enough to startle me in the otherwise silent woodlot. Fifteen minutes after the shot, I see dad and son walking my way, sons head hung low, dad patting him on the back. Let's assume a miss. They continue walking past me and I give the obligatory whistle. Both wave and continue on. Now that my area is thoroughy disturbed, I sit back down and wait for them to hopefully push a buck my way. No dice, at about 9:25, a hear a loud roar coming form the hill above me. I assume airplane, again my assumptions were wrong. A hot air balloon flies directly overhead, barely above the treetops. I hear the passengers discussing the beauty of the fall foliage. At that point, I determined that the archery gods were not smiling down on me this morning and I made my descent. Lets hope the evening is less eventful, and maybe I'll only see deer.