This is already the best hunting season so far and I haven't even taken a deer.  We make our annual family hunting trip every year after Christmas through New Years.  This year I played guide to my wife taking her first deer ever and to my oldest daughter 15 years old taking her second Old Mexico Whitetail.  They made we work hard between them not wanting to get up early and being lazy otherwise we could have gotten this done quicker than we did.  We were able to close the deal on the last day with my wife in the morning taking a 142 9 Point, and my daughter taking a 135 ten point 15 minutes in to the afternoon hunt.  It turned out to be a family affair with my wife and the two youngest sitting in the truck watching while we tried one last time to get this deer she had been chasing all week.  The disappointment was rising the closer we got to the end of the hunt, only to lead to more excitement as we took it down to the wire.  Due to school and sports she wouldn't have the opportunity to get back down and hunt before the season's end.  What a way to start off the new year!  I couldn't be happier.