RE: How was everyone's year?
All my seasons are good. I took a very big Doe on a bonus antlerless tag that I donated to a needy family. I had another Bonus tag I could have filled & let at least 30 Does pass within 15 yards during the season. I also (like Swamp Dawg) let several decent Bucks pass hoping to get a crack at 1 of THREE very good Bucks. Never got within 60 yards though I saw them on several occassions.
My last afternoon of bowhunting late season went like this. Around 3:30 pm a procession of 9 Does pass my stand within 15 yards & feed all around me in the picked corn. Around 4:30 pm they all move out of range. I still had 1 Bonus antlerless tag & 1 either sex tag but elected to not shoot a Doe hoping one of the Bucks might show. No Bucks-I climb down & start back-20 yards from my stand I look up & there stands this high racked 10-broadside. I go through all the motions & say "NEXT YEAR, BIG BOY". Who can ask for anything more-he made it through the gun season.