Mine starts Sept 25th and ends the first sunday in February. Welcome Jeramy and everyone that I did not welcome earlier. I am pretty much strictly a bow hunter. I've never killed any giants yet but have had several close encounters with some very large bucks. You all know how it is with archery equipment, one more step, there is a branch in the way, and several other things that can go wrong. I just have had alot of bad luck since I started bow hunting in 1996. I have killled my fair share of deer though. I probably have killed over 70 deer. The vast majority of those have been since I started bow hunting. I have a son who is 22 that I usually hunt alot with. He chose not to be in the contest this year but I will be hunting with him most of the times I am out he is there with me. This year we have seen a good number of nice bucks. We are doing everything we can to keep them in the area they are in right now. So hopefully I will have a huge buck for the team.