I wasn't gonna do this, but here I am. Last week was when I started my season. I wanted to get Strouds & my other camp out of the way before I started hunting. I started the 2nd half of my vacation spread, so I have the next 3 weeks off. Today is 10/31, which has been warm, windy & rainy. I had a dentist appt in the early afternoon, so I didn't even make an attempt to get out in the morning. I've only been out a few times so far. A few weeks ago, I took my xbow which I haven't used in years for a few tune ups. I want to use that for my groundblind operations & use my compound for the treestand. I will admit I'm getting tired of the treestand thing, so it remains to see where I go with that this year. I'm hunting out behind the house overlooking my neighbors property where deer are all over the place, & also the woods around theirs & my place. The land I use to hunt is leased anymore, but I'm allowed to hit the edge. I don't think they realize how close the deer come thru. Anyway, the few times I've been out, no deer have actually come by. Two nights ago, I was using by Ghostblind & a doe & two fawns did come thru at 6:30. Thru the dry leaves, I swore a buck was dogging a doe, so after the doe walked by at @ 35 yards, I was thinking it was a buck following, but just the fawns. I'd really like to get a doe first, so I can get my canning meat out of the way. I was out yesterday morning, back to where I was the previous mornings that I had been out & the deer were already in the yard. When I say yard, it's a number of acres that haven't seen much human activity, let alone a lawn mower. You can't even see the house, so it's like my own lil world. There are two food plots. One is down in the woods further, which is bigger & better, & the one I've been watching is kinda died out, but the activity is still strong. While I was out yesterday morning, a deer was snorting off & on in the wood lot across from my house. There was also a buck giving off a gutteral grunt. There are fresh scrapes where I use to have SG580M mms cam which fugging died out last week after years of dependable service, so I installed another cam. It has mms capability too, but I stopped using that function because... it sucks. Don't by a Lil Acorn. Tomorrow, the rains will be over & the forecast for the next week is very good. I want to take the Ghostblind & get into that woodlot. When I do use my treestand, I have another property 6 miles up the road that is deep woods, so that is another option I have.