i'm in cove city, nc. it's like the deer capital of craven county, and there are lots of deer around, just not around me. tons of people killing 8's and 10's all around me, but i haven't seen so much as a doe in over a month. i'll break down my situation like this: 9/30/08 a doe about 30 yards away, started to draw back and my arrow fell off the rest, 10/17/08 shot poorly at a doe with my muzzleloader, 10/25/08 saw a nice 6 with heavy beams but he ran off before i could get a shot (he was being chased by dogs [:@]), 11/3/08 finally closed the deal on a doe, 11/10/08 jumped a small 6. pretty much sucking.