I had a tag to bowhunt the 4 day early bow season in NY. I skipped opening morning. Went golfing the second morning. Hunted that afternoon and then yesterday AM and PM. So tonight I'm sitting in the tree. I'm suppose to provide a deer for fish camp the end of October. There's45 minutes left of the early bow season to fill the tag. Along comes a deer. But gee, is it a fawn, nope... just a little bugger. I looked and looked and tried to decide if it was a fawn or a little runt. The length of her snout said old, but dang, she wouldn't have dressed more than 75 pounds.She just wasn't what I wanted. If I'm going to waist all the time and effort tracking, gutting, dragging and cutting up I want more than a couple meals.[&:] The deer stayed around me for probably 15 minutes, getting as close as 3 yards from my tree. I was only 15 feet up but had pulled in a couple young beech saplings and tied them around me. I was invisible. So in the 3 days I hunted this was the first deer I had seen from a tree. I told myself it was alright t".o burn the tag and I'd get a deer in the regular bow season for fish camp. I also kept telling myself, "You dummy this tag becomes useless in 20 or 30 minutes". And then I'd tell myself it's OK, if the have to they can eat hot dogs or Salmon. LOL

So, the regular bow season starts tomorrow. I'm not going. In fact, Tuesday I'm heading to the Southern Tier for 3 days of camping out and golf. Ain't that a hoot.