As far as deer season goes 2003 was terrible for me. I was in the final stages of moving through most of bow season so I only got to hunt a couple of times. Needless to say I was pumped for gun season, all summer and even during bow seasons on my travels to and from work I was seeing deer and bear everywhere. Two days before gun season opened the thermostat went out on my truck, got it fixed and figured I had dodged the bullet. One day before season the fuel pump goes out, got it fixed, dodged another bullet. Made it to the area that we were going to hunt the afternoon before opener, in the places that we had been seeing tons of deer, there suddenly were none. High wind and rain didnt help matters any on the first two days. The rest of the two weeks went by with only a few deer, I mean less than 10 being seen. When the weather changed, snow on the ground we began seeing tracks on top of tracks but still no deer. then 2 days before season ended my truck lost the transmission. Needless to say I was pumped for black powder by this time. Between weather and work and sickness in the family I got to hunt one day so I figured I would stock up on meat on the last 4 days of doe season. I was going to hunt in the afternoon of christmas day, but that morning I found the only spot of ice in my driveway which took my left knee and sent me to the hospital. On the bright side I have a full year to get ready for next year.