Hmmm.... Here's my viewpoint on the season so far (I'll combine things).

Bowhunting: I don't know. I sold my bow and treestand a while ago and no longer bowhunt. One of these days I'll get back into it.

Muzzleloader: I don't know. I don't own a muzzleloader (yet), so I can't say.

Rabbit/Squirrel (small game) season: I've been out a bunch of times with my 3 yr old Beagle mix, and we've had a great time. Seen a few squirrels, but no rabbits. But it's fun to take my dog with me and let her run around in the thickets and pricker bushes trying to sniff out a rabbit.

Rifle season: I've been out to the GWNF 3 times so far and missed a beautiful 8 pointer on opening day. I was just sick... It wasn't the rifle or anything. It was me. I jumped, flinched, and/or pulled the shot, and shot right over its back.

Nov 19 (opening day) - 3 deer (2 does with the 8 pointer trailing right behind them). I missed the shot on the 8 pointer.

Nov 25 (black Friday) - Nothing. All the deer must have gone nocturnal in the GWNF.

Nov 26 - Again, nothing. All the deer must have gone nocturnal in the GWNF. But I did stumble upon a gross scene at a primitive campsite in the GWNF, where someone cut the antlers off a buck and left the carcass to rot, and skinned another one, removed the head, and left that carcass to rot too. Both were all clawed up and torn up by a bear. I called the Nat'l Forest ranger district and reported it. Sorry man, but, that's just nasty....

Also:

Cumberland State Forest - Too many deer hounds. Sorry guys... I no longer deer hunt here. You are outnumbered as a still hunter vs the deer doggers.

Various WMA's (Amelia, Powhatan, CF Phelps, Chickahominy, etc...) - Um, no. Better yet, HELL NO! Waaaaaay too many hunters, way too much blaze orange, and every single thing that moves is nocturnal. I gave up on the WMA's a long time ago.

Sorry guys... I call it like i see it...