Noland Outdoors

  Well we can finally close the books on the 2009/2010 hunting season.  For me personally, it was a good year.  I harvested 4 does and 1 buck with my bow and took the largest buck of my life, a 9 pointer, with my muzzleloader.  The season also included some heart-wrenching misses too.  I missed a very nice buck with my bow and let a few others get away as well.  But, that's hunting and it happens every year. 

  This season turned out to be the coldest deer season I can ever remember here in Alabama.  We usually have cold spells in Alabama sandwiched in between warmer days but that didn't really happen this year as it stayed generally cold the entire fall.  That was a nice change and I wish every hunting season was like that.  Was somebody talking about global warming?  I didn't notice it. 

  The rut seemed shorter this year but it was real intense while it lasted.  At least that was my observation. 

  Well, the long offseason is ahead.  Time to wash the hunting clothes and stow away the gear.