...Just some thoughts that crossed my mind after reading the thread concerning the entries filtering in.

Unless the guys on this forum are spending more time on the computer than hunting I can't imagine only three or four entries winning our contest. Looking at some of the teams and considering the experience and knowledge that there is on this message board those kind of results would utterly shock me. Don't get me wrong, I understand entirely when a guy decides to pass on a buck because they don't meet certain criteria, but for a majority of hunters I don't think that is the case. I also can empathize with those folks that can't spend the hours hunting that they would like to due to other obligations and commitments. But even for these people, if they can steal away some time during the rut, it only takes a matter of seconds to change an otherwise ho-hum season.

As usual (or so I am sometimes told) I see things in a little bit different light. In my opinion it is quite early yet. I feel like the last week of October through the end of November is where we will see the entries flood in at least for the Northern hunters.

Call me overly optimistic, hoplessly naive, or just a plain right wing nut job, but I have to think that at least half of the guys on our team will tag out with a buck of some kind. Is that a reasonable assumption? What do you think, and don't be afraid to hurt my feelings?

....Oh my, as I look down our roster and see the comments that my teammates have made on this thread, I feel like the above statement could be construed as an insult...my apologies...certainly that was not my intent. Maybe I should attempt to reword what I am trying to say. I BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS! I think there could be one or two on our team that for whatever reason won't shoot a buck, but I would be surprised if we didn't have better than a 50% success rate for our team. Color me crazy I guess.