Hunt with a compoundbow, a recurve, a crossbow,a shotgun, a rifle, a pistol, a blackpowder. Hunt using treestands, groundblinds, stalking, driving, food plots, feeders, bait piles, beagles, walkers, hounds........or any combination you want as long as it's legal where you hunt, knock yourself out.Be happy for what you kill and try not to be jealous of anothers success (what I mean by that is it is normal to wish it was you that had killed something or had some different luckbut don't try to tear someone else down to justify or rationalize to yourselfwhy they killed something and you didn't). Hunting is about circumstance and fate any given second your entire season could change. The original post on this thread was to vent about neighboring hunters success and the posters unfilled tags. Just because you spend hours and hours hunting doesn't make you any more deserving of a filled tag than the next guy who might not be fortunate enough to get out that much. You should be thankfulfor all the time you got to get out filled tag or not (many hunters don't have that luxury).

I hunt, it's what I do. I surround myself with others with the same mentality. I started bowhunting 17 years ago not because I was in love with bowhunting but because I wanted an extra 6 weeks to hunt every season. I startedblackpowder hunting because of all of the deer I was seeing during bow season just out of range. I shotgun/rifle hunt because it is fun and that is what I grew up doing from a very young age. Some people don't have the time andpatience to bowhunt or blackpowder, I know because I have several buddies like that. I still love hunting with them during gun season and I am still very happy for them when they are successful. I don't feel like"Oh that should be me because I hunt and scout harder."Ultimately I hunt to kill deer and instead of wondering why the neighbors killed something I would be wondering other things like...
Where did they kill the deer?
Where was the deer coming from/heading to?
What was the weather/wind like that day?
What time did they kill the deer?
How could I use the pressure on the neighbors land to my advantage?
What kind of deer movement have they been seeing?

Pick their brain and you might be surprised about how much info you can get. That info coupled with all of your scouting and sightings should have you sitting pretty for the next season (bow and gun) or later this season.
Lots of people are quick to "vent" about theirpoor success, I know because I do it too sometimes, but realistically the"poor, poor, pitiful me" approach never got me anywhere but the "What can I do different/better attitude?" has done wonders.

Well that is definitely enough babbling from me. Good luck to all in the rest of your seasons.