Probably the biggest change for me is in what I'm hunting. My first day in the woods, I killed a 5 point buck and a 4 1/2 year old doe (aged by DNR at the check-in station).

I killed a lot of does over the years. But for the last few years it has been buck only. I shot a 2 1/2 year old in 2013, and a 3 1/2 year old in 2015. Both nice deer, but I let three 2 1/2 year olds walk by this year. I guess I'm still waiting for that majestic 10 pointer to come by. If he doesn't, that will be fine.

Heading out tomorrow for the last trip of the year to SW Indiana.

The other big change is that I gave up hunting in Marion County. The property that I had access to through a friend was 55 acres. Unfortunately, it is bordered on 2 sides by an anti-hunter and way too many deer have run off of the property and on to her land where you cannot retrieve them. It has happened to someone in the group of hunters every year, it is just a matter of how many times.