In six days in the field so far:
1. Two bull moose and one black bear, all while holding a bow and no tag for any of them.
2. No deer.
And then, in the last four days:
1. A mature doe in a big swamp below me.
2. An eight point buck, at a stream crossing, within bow range.
Each of these two latter events occurred while I was holding a dog -- and not holding a bow -- 'cuz I was feeling sorry about neglecting the dog's needs lately.
Did I mention that I had the drop on the buck? And that "something" even noisier was following him to the crossing? And that both of them eventually spotted me and went back into Maine, i.e., away from where I stood in NH, without a Maine tag to my name?