This has been the slowest season in years for me. During archery season I only saw 2 deer and would not take a chancey shot with the X-bow. Since gun season opened I had a young spike trot in and stop 5 ' from the base of my ladder stand. He would have been a slam dunk, except that he was young and couldn't be the buck making all the rubs in those woods. At our place in the hills, (picture) we've seen a boat load of does, and even some New Zeland Billies down in the canyons, but we haven't fired a shot yet. Maybe this weekend coming up. It is too long a drive to come back empty handed again. We hope the weather cools and the deer start moving.