When does hunting season start?

Having been distracted by a new baby that just arrived I had forgotten about some pics I took last week and had intended to blog about them. I ran across those pics today and here we are.
Hunting season is not far away and seeing this sight the other day just gets you all fired up and eager to get out the old rifle and start shootin. This was a rather large herd in one of my favorite hunting areas. It usually splits up into a couple smaller herds by hunting season(trying to hide easier I think). But both the herds are usually in one of several good hunting spots. One of them is, which is my favorite spot, Notellum ridge. It is directly across Notellum creek from Idontknow hill. It is just to the Northwesteast of the big mountain with all the tall trees on it and a little SouthNorth of the big body of water that is nearby.
Notice the bull hiding in the lower right corner of this picture. He is politely letting all the ladies go first. Such a gentlelk.

This is another bull from the same herd. Notice his daddy didn't teach him proper manners and he is gettin out of there with all his harem trying to catch up. Or maybe he is showing them the way.

Back to bull # 1. He is still patiently waiting for all the ladies to get to safety before moving on himself, but he is obviously getting nervous and wishing he did not have so many to move around.

Here is bull number 2 again. He has either remembered the manners his daddy taught him and letting the ladies go first, or he is out of shape from just sittin around grazing that he had to stop to rest. Either way it looks good for hunting season this year. Now if I could only figure out how they are getting that copy of the hunting regulations to know when hunting season starts, I could stop that and they might actually still be in the state come hunting season. If you want to find how to get to Notellum ridge, just talk to "Bubba". He is the big guy in the next picture and you can find him at..................ummmm........ah...um...Now where was I again?