I' m getting giddy myself!!

Txcowboy, I know what you mean about not hitting it hard at first. Each year I promise myself not too, but I end up strapped to a mosquito bitten tree any way.
The action pics up on my East texas lease right at the end of season. By then I worry that I' ve already skunked up most of my spots in the early season sweating like a pig and swatting at them pesky bugs.

This year if I just can' t stand to wait I' m only gonna hunt one or two stands until the end of October, then start moving around.

I have killed an 8 and a 9 on opening mornings in the past though.