Kenman,
I can see that. No doubt you did not reach your main goal and if you placed the utmost impotance of the season on that then in your mind you were not successful. End of story.

Jimmy, who is just as entitled as me or anyone else to his opinion, believes that no deer = unsuccesful season or failure.

I posted a scenario before that I will copy here
look at it the other way..you go through the whole season and kill a doe, buck whatever. but you had planned to go out 20 days this year and you only went out once. You planned a few trips with your dad but he couldn't go. Your kids were supposed to be out there with you but their grades were poor so they couldn't go. After you shot the doe you fell out of the tree stand and broke your back. Was your season successful?

In this case my opinion is that this would not be a successful season. But a deer was killed so according to Jimmy S this is a description of a successful season (sorry Jimmy i'm not picking on you. i'm only point out that you and others say deer=successful season).