I am pumped that I am one wake up away from hunting deer again! I was checking my deer stands two weekends ago and glad that I did. I dont know if it was the winds from Irene or what, but my ratchet straps on two ladder stands had snapped off the tree. I brought some more last saturday and made them safe again. On my favorite stand has been a bunch of coon crap and it looks to be a good sized one! I am going to have to kick his butt out of that stand tomorrow morning, LOL. The acorns are not as thick this year and the soybeans are looking really good, so hopefully the deer will be feeding hard in the moring. Especially with no rain and cool weather. Good luck to everyone.......