Mike - Big congrats on that great buck buddy! Looks like you and J had a whale of a weekend! I couldn't be happier for ya man. That is a beautiful buck. Long beams on that guy.

William - Way to get after 'em bro. I have a feeling that you'll be able to put us over the top this year. But like Ryan said - no pressure. LOL

I'm sorry I was so scarce over the weekend - lot going on. I was online a few times, but no time to post.

I went bear hunting yesterday, and it was nice to get out, but no luck. I am completely confused - the area that I hunted usually has 10-20 bear killed on opening day every year. Now, this is the first year that I remember having snow on the ground, which I though would have led to a new record kill in the area. Just like usual, there were a lot of guys in there, but either the bears aren't there anymore, or they were denned up.

I started at one end, worked back and forth across the gamelands criss-crossing the entire area a couple times, swimming through clearcuts, climbing through boulders, climbing steep hillsides and crawling through laurel thickets.At the end of the day, the GPS read 13.5 miles traveled, and I never cut one single bear track. I heard 7 shots all day, and heard of one bear being killed.

By comparison, last year, I'd heard 7 shots by 7:00. Man am I sore today. My clothes/daypack just kept getting heavier and heavier from crawling around in the wet snow, and when I finally got back to the car at dark, I was totally defeated.