Im bumed,..and i shouldn't beI'm tired and I shouldn't beI'm on the verge of crankyand i shouldn't beIts cold ( here in midwest)Deer other than archery is over only rabbit and squirrel ,..Dont ice fish and dont wanna ,.. have too much trouble.Stand back 20 yds false cast let it settle damn fly never gets in the hole,.. line ices up fingers feeze nevr cath any perch ,..evrything goes wrong.Too cold for steelies ( for me anyway) and it looks like were gonna get locked in until spring ,.. only good thing coming is Packers and NY,.. which auta be an ice bowl repeat.Was thinkin about stowing shot gun and some camping equipment on a sled,.. dragging it back in the woods ,.. start camp fire,.. brew coffee eat sandwihes and wait for idiot squirrels to get curious ,.. but then again Im ceanky ,..Hate it when the season close.

I hunt in East Texas piney woods, where the season ended on Jan. 06. The last two days were in the 70's, and reminded me of early bow season. I have a question for the hunters out there.I hunt in a public national forest, but on a wilderness designated section. If one is willing to walk a bit you rarely see another human. Our rut is early November, and yet all October and through mid-November I found very little buck sign, although I saw numerous bucks from spikes to eight-pointers, including two who were chasing doe on the first weekend of November. AFTER the main rut, beginning with the third weekend of November and continuing to the end of the season there appeared all manner of scrapes and rubs all over the place. Anyone have any idea why the bucks aren't into making such signs before the latter part of November, particularly during the pre-Rut?

Yesterday, with just a week left for archery season I said I would like to get at least two deer this year, I got a little buck in late October. So I went with barely an hour to hunt and sat in the cold rain because I knew the deer wouldn't be in my living room when I got home. Well lo and behold here comes a doe I drew and she stopped where I couldn't shoot so I held it for a while, but I wear glasses and my hood and face mask where fogging up my glasses and I didn't know how much longer I could hold so I let off moved stuff so I could see and she took a few steps out into the open and stopped still looking at me, I drew, sighted in, now a little shaky because my arm is tired, but not that shaky, I release and missed. The absolute best chance I've had since November and I missed. It was late so I haven't had a chance to recheck my bow, but unless something was in the way I don't know how I missed unless the bow was off. At least I was in the right spot and out there I guess.

Man, and we're just in pre-rut here in Alabama. The hunting has been terrible here also though. Much to warm. Well at least it is supposed to cool down this weekend.

Deer's all done here except for "antlerless archery" until 1-15. I spent 30 minutes at a local supply house, putting together a kit to install a wood stove without burning the house down!Spent the next 3 hours deciding how I was gonna cut a hole in the ceiling and make it look "professional"!Maybe tomorrow I'll crawl up into the attic and figure out where I want the hole!Bubba

we are all trapped in the same prison. i take my career in my hands skip work and sit by myself for 4 hours in the cold.well worth it.

Before landing in Oklahoma and having a big chunk of private property, that was par for the course in January in PA. Me and my friends called it hunting "the barren F'ing wasteland."Not only are the deer sedentary, they're spread out from pressure. I can remember some eerie days this time of year, sitting in some of my best spots. Not a breath of wind. Not a squirrel stirring. The silence can be deafening. I applaud you for keeping at it. It was January that I normally turned to steelhead fishing.