I know there is a little over a month left of season, but I am putting my chances of getting any deer at all very low. I have hunted hard for the last month, almost 2 1/2 weeks off on vacation and hunting almost everyday of it. To say I am getting burned out is an understatement. I can count on both hands the number of deer in shooting distance and I don't even need any fingers to count the number of shooter bucks in range. The last 2 seasons have been very hard for some reason. The deer in my area have deffinatly changed there patterns in the last few years for some reason and I just can't figure out why. They are hardly even using my patch of woods in the daylight hours at all. Even during the early season.

I am now going to take a 2 week vacation from hunting maybe even 3 and try to regroup my energy for hunting. I am thinking of not going out until after ML season. Next weekend I have some minor surgery scheduled, but since it is slug season it doesn't really matter anyway. I have to go in and get the big V to avoid any more unplanned mishaps with the misses.

Hope I didn't let you guys down too much. But I do look forward to the late season if it gets down right cold. The deer usually group up and they travel to the same feeding area right at dark. Maybe I can make a opportunity arise then.