Apples are ready here as well; bow opener is on Saturday (10/1)....my buddy and I will be in Wyoming chasing 'lopes.
I've also found that apple trees attract grouse as well.....bit of a problem when you find your single apple trees on state land (that used to be old homesteads), and there is a bow hunter there....they usually get pissed at you.
I have some paper shells that I reload a few years back (found the hulls in the dumpster and reloaded them). I have a pheasant hunt planned on one of the local preserves when I get back, and I will use them for my little labrador's first bird hunt. For those who have never experienced it, the smell of a freshly fired paper hull is wonderful aroma!
If I could find a way to duplicate and bottle it, I think I would have a winner!
....and yes, old shotguns, like old dogs and old hunters, deserve to be afield!
Skeet....great photos of the deer.