I've been on vacation since the Black Powder opener and have hunted hard every day up here in the Adirondacks,except Friday(nasty rain) and haven't seen a deer in a week! Yesterday, we did push a 6 or 8 pointer out of a drive, but the watcher just couldn't get a shot. Wealso pushed a bear out of the same drive.AlthoughI'm accustomedto going stretches at a time without seeing deer up here, this year I'm a bit surprised considering how unusually open the woods arethis early in theseason.It's still early yetas things usually don't heat up around here until the first week in November. When I'llbegina nice 3 week vacation!