Frank,
As you know, we just had the youth weekend hunt here in SE Texas. A guy I hunt withseven year old sonkilled a very nice 10 point with a swollen neck, scared up ears, and half of one of his brow tines broke off Saturday morning at about 7:30 a.m. Our land is between Kountze, and Sour Lake. I couldn't believe my eyes.

YesterdayI checked out the place I will be in my climber, and I have two scrapes with tine marks in the dirt, and twigs broken off the licking branch over them. This coming Saturday I will be 25 feet up a tree with two decoys,(buck and doe)estrous scent, and buck tarsal gland doing some calling. I haven't seen it this good for openingday in a long time. The weather has been beautiful. Most years on opening day I am looking to fill a doe tag for meat, but this year I am really excited because I believe they are already in full gear.

C. Davis