RE: Most favorite bowhunt?
As others have stated, they are all great! If I had to pick from this season, it would definitely be opening day of rifle season. I had a late season rifle tag so I had my bow with me this day. I had around 30 deer, including at least 12 different bucks, come within 20 yds of me during the final 2+ hrs I was on stand.
The rut was just picking up and the bucks were really chasing does. I had a definite shooter 8-pt at 30 yds making a scrape but he offered no shot. Saw another huge buck but he didn't pass by me until after dark (never did get a good look at him). The bucks were making rubs and scrapes and chasing does all around me, and I even heard a couple doe-in-heat bleats.
There is nothing like watching deer behavior during the rut. I had several opportunities to fill one of my tags but I was having too much fun watching these deer.