What did you learn last year?

[Friends call me Pac]

I found out that a ghillie suit can actually cause the deer to get too close for me to do anything except sit there and hope they don't nibble on the shaking bush.

[Michael Pfander]

Make sure the rest of your party can make it above 10,000'.
MAP

[moleman]

I learned that I need to hunt more and work less, you cant killem if your not in the woods.

[David McLendon]

That dry weather sucks and messes up hunting.

[riverrat 2]

No morning coffee
Stay on stand longer in peak time
Breath,relax,and find your "spot" when the time is at hand.  rat'

[BWD]

That if you try to cross a smallish log, over a creek, containing coon/possum/fox do, in zip up snake boots, that give you zero ankle support, you might as well be hunting in 4" heels.

[Jake Diebolt]

Confidence in a shot is everything - and that a missed deer is a learning experience.

[LC]

Don't give up right to the last minute. Took off 10 straight days to hunt out of state. I hunted every single day in all kinds of weather and passed up several deer including bucks much to the dismay of those around me. I went several days without seeing a single deer. Then on the last day, the last evening in the last minute a nice buck came strolling by at 12 yards. 20 yards later I was attaching my tag that I swore I was gona eat minutes before.

[Knawbone]

Never stop scouting

[Soonerlongbow]

Pick a dang spot!

[JAG]

Time in the woods is better than anywhere else!
20'up a tree is 20' closer to the Great Spirit!
Hunting off the ground puts you just as close to the Great Spirit!
Hunting with your son, before he deploys to Afghanistan is NOT wasted time!
Johnny/JAG

[levibear]

1. Gods grace is always there and when I hunt I feel his pleasure.
2. Resentment is like taking posion and expecting some else to die.

[Izzy]

Re load as soon as your arrow leaves the string. In 2 sits I had 4 shots at big game in a combined total of about 10 minutes. Killed 3 of them.

[centaur]

I learned that big bull elk will give you a 20 yard broadside for over 30 seconds if, and only if, you have a cow tag in your pocket.

[KentuckyTJ]

I learned (again) never to take up the trail of a buck when not positive you have punctured both lungs, even if rain is coming! Once again that bad judgement almost cost me finding my deer. If you are unsure don't track until the next day, PERIOD!!!

[yukon chuck]

#1 Pick a spot...pick a spot...pick a spot!!!          

#2 I eat everything i shoot, but no matter how long you marinate them, the backstraps from a Maple tree are never tender and never taste good.      

[RkyMtn Joe]

No matter how many deer you have taken, they can still find ways to outsmart you.  Had a nice buck confound me to no end last year and I was positive I was gonna get him several different times.  He never gave me a shot.

[horatio1226]

I agree with Kentucytj.

Also that if you miss the deer the first time. it may come right back if you're still playing the game.

[zipper bowss]

If you expect to hunt the November rut do not buy a broadhead business at the end of October!!
Bill

[Badwithabow]

Do not be afraid to shoot no matter the condition when ur brain says shoot- shoot. Misses happen as will bad shots those thoughts can't even be in your head at the moment of truth.