I hunt for a lot of reasons. One being out in the woods is up there high on the list, and I do go out and watch all year around. I do like the fall best, no bugs, cooler weather, leaves down to see better. But I also hope to get the freezer stocked. I hunt CNY pretty exclusively for 24 years now. For the past 19 years I have taken at least one deer 16 of those 2 or more deer. With my comparisons of sightings over the years, and I can only speak for where I am hunting, the deer numbers seem to be about the same as usual in 7f and better in 7m than the past few years. I also have not seen a deer in 8 days now but the heat has been bad and I do not feel like walking up my spots and screwing them up when the woods are so noisy. I am hoping the big front coming Friday will improve all our success and the straight week of 20 to 30 degree weather next week.

I also fear where we will be able to hunt in the future. As I was on stand last night one of my neighbors whose land I have permission to hunt is clearing another lot, 2 this year, to build another house. I think this will be my last year on that property. My only hope and dreamis to save up and buy 50 to 100 acres to make my own deer paradise to share with my kids,and till then hunt public land.