IHAVE BEEN HUNTING FOR ABOUT 9 SEASONS NOW AND I MUST BE HONEST. ALTHOUGH I HAVE SHOTMY FAIR SHAREOF DEER, DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH IN THE FEILD, AND TRY TO DISCOVER WHICH WAY THE DEER ARE TRAVELING TO AND FROM.......I AM STILL NOT 100% HAPPY WITH MY PERFORMANCE.

I FEEL THAT I AM ALWAYS LEARNING FROM MISTAKES, ALWAYS GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE. EVERY TIME THAT I GET A CHANCE TO GO IN THE FEILD IS ANOTHER OPERTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN MORE. I WILL NEVER BE SATISFIED.

WHEN I WAS 21 YEARS OLD I WAS TOLD BY ALOT OF MY FREINDS AND PEERS THAT I WAS THE BEST HUNTER THEY KNEW. (KEEP IN MIND, I HAD BEEN HUNTING FOR ONLY 3 OR 4YEARS AT THE TIME AND SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN HUNTING30 YEARS OR MORE. I JUST LAUGH AND SAY, "YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE GENTLEMEN THAT I LEARNED FROM." THEY WHERE INDEED LEGENDS AROUND OUR AREA ANDALL BUT 2ARE PASSED AWAY NOW.

IT HELPS WHEN YOU HAVE A GOOD TEACHER OR TEACHERS. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN UNDER THE WING OF 6 MEN THAT KNEW THE SPORT OF HUNTING IN AND OUT. KEEP IN MIND ALSO, THE YOUNGEST OF THESE MEN WAS 74 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME I WAS BEING TAUGHT AND THE OLDEST WAS 88. THE REASON THAT THESE MEN WHERE SOOOOO GOOD AT HUNTING WAS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THESE GUYS SPENT IN THE WOODS ( ALL OVER 60 YEARS OF HUNTING EXPERIENCE EACH) IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I WAS HEARINGAND LEARNING ABOUT HUNTINGFROMALMOST 400 YEARS OF HUNTING EXPERIENCE. I GUESS YOU CAN LEARN ALOT FROM 400 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY I MIGHT BE AS GOOD AS THESE MEN....BUT PROBALLY NOT.
THE BEST ADVISE IS TO KEEP PRACTICING. THE MORE TIME IN THE FEILD, THE BETTER.