'Give and you shall recieve'
I'm sorry to hear that you didn't get a deer this yr. I don't hunt w/maps as the area I hunt is fairly flat forrest. You really have to be there to see the land to be of any true help. Experience comes w/time...... count your 5 days in the woods as experience. Learn from every trip. Where you see deer now they will be again. I remember every deer I have ever seen and where they were, where they were coming from and where they were going to. Learn to make out the patterns.
At your age basketball may be more important.........many moons ago mine was hockey. I made a choice to put school, hockey, and girls in front of hunting. I also didn't go deer hunting until after I left universtity. That was my choice ..... Now make yours. If you can do it all, good for you. I commend you. Count yourself as lucky to be in your position.
Don't be so lippy....... we're not your B-ball chums in the locker room, and most of us are out of that stage. Try that sort of talk w/your Dad and see where it gets you.
Your profile doesn't say where you are from but your signature hints towards Sask., I'm in MB. If B-Ball brings you this way maybe I could take you out to the bush I hunt and show you around. Stand loc, deer sightings and kill sights, as well a knowledge from other hunters kill sights and insights. If ya got the time. All else comes w/time.Didn't mean to be harsh