The vast majority of my hunting is done just south of bemidji, but I go back to my parents near st cloud everynow and then...and man was it a slow year. I planned my college class schedule around bowhunting, and I can't even explain the hours I put in on stand. I only saw about half the deer I've seen in previous years with half the time in the field. Ended up taking 2 does in bemidji and a nice little buck out of camp ripley. The two miserable days in Ripley gave me the most sightings I had all season. I know that sounds like a pretty decent year, but for the amount of deer we had around here last year, the number of deer sightings was a complete dissapointment. Lookes like next season might get even rougher. Numbers should pick up after that I hope.