I started bowhunting 10/14 of last year. I knew NOTHING about it. NOTHING. I had NO IDEA of where to set up....and "winged it" a lot. What that did, though.....was 2 very important things. No. 1....it got me in the woods..where I might actually see where the deer were....and where they were going/coming from. No 2....it kept my inexperienced axx out of where I've NOW found they ARE......because I likely would have screwed up my area, back then....if I knew where they were.

Don't be so hard on yourself. I'll say this, though.....I've hunted over 30 times in this season, alone. You HAVE to put your time in. It'll also be rewarding when you harvest your first animal (which, to me, is NOT a requisite to a successful hunt).

Put your time in....practice. Good formula.

Jeff