I start bow on Mon. so I know what you are feeling. Though I will be hunting deer with bow, upland game and then goose before ML season I'm already pumped for it. I have a couple of spots that are ML and bow only even during the rifle season. Once hunters pull out their rifles they seem to forget about these non-rifle areas. Took a nice doe in one of these areas with my ML last year during rifle season so I think I will try to do the same again this year.