I hunted a farm all last season, and it was a great spot. I never killed a deer there but saw many and learned some valuable lessons. I spent many, many full days of scouting and hunting on that land, and became very familiar with the diverse landscape it offered. I came up with some great hunting plans for this season that I will never be able to implement.

I also found that I must have become greatly attached to that land, because my heart sank when I got the word that hunting will no longer be allowed there. I suppose that I should count it a blessing that I was ever able to hunt there at all. But boy, I am bummed.

So it is now confirmed that I will be competing with both the graceful and the slob alike, for the deer that lie on public lands. Do they make Kevlar in blaze orange?