RE: Let me re-phrase the "failure" question..
With mere days to go I'm facing getting skunked this time around , largely due to drastic cuts in my time afield , so my season has been extremely disappointing . Would I rate it as a failure ? Not really . I had lots of fun the small amount of time that I got to go out , I saw some deer though I didn't get any worthwhile shots , and I learned a bit more than I did last year . In the bigger picture I'd say that I had some success , just not as much as I would have liked .