I cannot believe that this year is already coming to an end. Everyone always told me, that the older I got, the faster time would go. Of course, at the time, I didn’t believe them for one minute. Now, looking back, though, I honestly cannot believe how fast time has gone.

As all of us do at this time of year, and I’m no exception. I have been reflecting back on the year that has passed: the things I’ve done, the things I didn’t do, and all the things that have happened this year.

First off, and anyone who reads this knows, 2008 was not my most successful outdoor year. This year’s turkey season didn’t go quite like I would have wanted it too, the river, nor the steelhead, ever really cooperated for us, and my experience chasing the intelligent Whitetail didn’t go quite as I would have hoped either. In retrospect, though, the year was still one of my best. I landed a new job which is going well, and I also landed a new daughter, which is even better. It was an all around good year despite my outdoor shortcomings.

I did manage to accomplish a few outdoor things I wanted to do: I visited Shiloh in April, and I managed to sit on stand all day. I have wanted to actually sit all day for a few years now, and I did mange to do that, and prove it could be done.

Jeff, on the other hand, had a great outdoor year: He shot his first turkey back in the Spring, and bagged one heck of a buck this year as well. His outdoor luck is always better than mine, so these two things came as no surprise. It was also no surprise that he landed a nice bass from the pond I had been fishing for weeks.

So 2008 is coming to a close, and deer season will end for us on New Year’s Day. I’m still thinking positive, though, because rabbit season is already upon us, and one of our old friends recently contacted us about using his dog. I’m sure that when spring arrives we will be heading up to cast a line at a few steelies as well.

I’m looking forward to 2009; looking forward to watching Abby grow; looking forward to the rabbit hunting that will take place; looking forward to the steelhead run; looking forward to the turkey’s gobbling.

Where did 2008 go? Here we come 2009!

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