This time of the year, I entertain myself by looking at all the harvest statistics for the hunts I am interested in. I like to go back several years to get a representative average. Many are super popular hunts, and people think there is a 150" buck behind every tree and that's simply not the case. With antler restrictions at many of them now, and changes in hunt dates, not everyone even gets a buck at some of them.

I'll admit, I really look forward to the catalog coming out. It's kinda like Christmas when I was a kid. I would go through the toy catalogs and pick out a cool bicycle or pogo-stick for Santa to bring, and come Christmas morning it was mostly socks and underwear.

It’s almost time. I was curious as to what changes they will make this year.