I thought I was having a bad year as far as deer sightings, but when I checked my log book, my deer sightings were not down mch from last year. This was my first year hunting with a ML, I have been mostly hunting with a bow for the past 8 years, with a few shotgun hunts thrown iin for good measure. My bow season started around the middle of September, and runs until December 31st. ML season started the saturday after Thanksgiving, and ran for 2 weeks, (# whole weekends). We can only get 1 deer period in my area of Minnesota, and I was lucky enough to tag a doe the first weekend of ML. I did shoot at a buck with my bow, and missed him completly, and then I hit a doe with my bow, that I tracked for about 300 yards, and then lost all blood. Never did find her.[:@]Anyways, this is my season in a nutshell.

35 sits

93.5 hours

saw 16 bucks, ( a few of them more ten once)
and 20 does.

I did pass on a few smaller bucks early iin the season. So all in all, I guess I cant really call it a bad season.