LOL!!!!! Your right there Ron!!!!!
Years ago when I was a kid, I used to be "ready" about a month before the season started. I would watch every day as my Dad went about his daily "Dadly" business..... watching for any sign that he was getting "ready" for Deer Season. If I would talk to him about hunting you could always hear the excitement in his voice,but if I mentioned anything about getting "ready" he would always smile and say something like "I am ready" or "It's not even time yet".
Then,the night before opening day he would go in the closet and get out his hunting coat and go through the pockets making sure that hew had everything. Knife,drag rope,gloves,hat,etc..... He would take out his boots and stuff a pair of heavy wool socks into them and set them by the door for morning. Then he would take down his old shotgun off the rack and wipe it down with an oily rag and lean it in the corner by the door. The last thing he would do was to go in his top dresser drawer,and take out a brand new box of "deer slugs" and his new hunting license.(when he actualy bought them,I usualy never knew) He would put the box of slugs in his coat pocket,and take the old license out of his tag holder on the back of his coat. Then he would put his new license in the tag holder,and make a point of coming and telling me that he was "ready for deer season".....
Dang!!!!! I hate to think that I'm getting just like HIM!!!!! LOL