Just as I do every year about this time, I'm starting to get more and more antsy as each day gets me one day closer to the rifle season deer opener which is this coming Friday.. How about you?

This year is going to be just a wee bit crazy as my family has tags spread across 3/4's of the state. I have my first every ND mule deer buck tag in the badlands located in the SW corner of the state. My dad has an any buck tag, with hopes of getting his first mule deer buck, in a unit in the west-central part of the state. My daughter has a whitetail doe tag for the same unit as Dad, while my wife has a buck tag in the east-central part of the state where we usually hunt. I'm going to do my best to help/tag along with all three of them prior to heading for the badlands next Wednesday to find myself a muley buck over the last 10 days of the season.

Wish us luck and please send gas money.