MM im with ya...though all my previous years were rifle kills i cant remember a year i didnt kill atleast one deer. i think there may been one time but i cant remember for sure. i know the last while ive killed 1-3 every year..weather was terrible this AM i didnt venture out. 25mph winds and rain and snow. i dont feel safe in a tree like that. winds dying down and its either going to snow or no precip no so were gunna start driving with the flintlocks at 11..id like to atleast get a doe with the flinter..for the meat for dad..and for my first flintlock kil. im off till friday...only got obligations to something one day out of the week...we will see what happens. i spend mornings on stand with the bow..then usually drive with flinters at 11 or i bowhunt the evenings...