Our season opens this Saturday, but I will be out of town. Have been out of town a good bit over the last couple of weeks, too. Come Monday morning, though, I'll be in the woods! Most mornings until season closes as well! Can't wait! Got a new rig for this year...sold a few guns, including my Mossberg 835 with a 20" barrel and thumbhole stock, and purchased a Browning Maxus today! It's pretty sweet! Hope it patterns as well as the old Mossberg did. Had to do something about that ridiculous recoil! That 835 seemed to kick at least twice as hard as the 870 that I had before it.