There have been 225 deer taken in the Land of Logan thus far with 54 percent being does. That is a pretty fair ratio. I expect to see a 'spike' in the numbers, however, after this weekend as Saturday marks the season opener for the modern gun season.

Let's try to keep those percentages where they are now, or perhaps even a little higher. We have the opportunity to have the largest harvest in years by continuing to manage the herd in the way we have for the past few.

As of Monday (as stated in a previous column), all the small game seasons as well as the modern firearms season will be open. This is just a reminder, folks, that you are not out there in the woods by yourselves. Let's be careful so that everyone can have a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience.

I met up with two parties the other day headed to Lake Malone to do a little fishing. One did contact me upon their return and reported that the fishing wasn't as good as they had hoped. While they did catch some pretty good fish, the bite was slow and they really had to work at it.

Once this weather settles down a bit and we get into the more typical fall patterns so will the fish.

They did say that the crappie were hitting pretty good over cover, but most of them ran kind of small. They did, however, manage to catch about six really nice ones for the table.

Things seem to have settled down somewhat on the big lakes with good catches of hybrids being reported at Barren River Lake, and Kentucky/Barkley is reporting some hot bass and crappie action. Catfish below the dams at those lakes is picking up somewhat with the cooler weather, but the problem has been the increased current due to TVA pulling the lakes down due to the recent heavy