The 17th can't get here quick enough. Usually it's archery firing me up around this time of year, but this year I'm spending 17th-23rd muzzle loader in the High Peaks near Saranac L:ake. I'm camped less than 1/2 mile from where I took the buck in my avitar.

The past three weeks I've left home 3am on Wed, drove three hundred miles, spent 3hrs hiking, 5hrs scouting, crashing, then home by noon Thursday. There is the most sign I've seen in years on the 20,000 acre Primitive Land I hunt. Camp is all set up minus some odds & ends I'm canoeing in tomorrow. Can't friggin' wait