last year was my first year bowhunting.

things i was good at, seemed to be stand placement. i seen deer and all were within 40yds. cant say i would shot at ALL of them...but most were withing my bow range...i thought that was good for a rookie. normally, gunhunting i could care less where the deer came through so long as i could see them.

things i need to work on this year would be like you, not overhunting. my one stand was PERFECT. i saw a good bit of deer. shot a buck from it. but the first day of rifle i was back in there...thats 2 weeks after bow season ends..i dont think i hunted it for 3 weeks. opening day i listend to 2 bucks walk around ALL morning till it broke light. 10am here they come back through. a MONSTER and another buck. didnt get a shot(even with a rifle...coulda shoulda woulda deal..just didnt like the shot so even being a monster i didnt take it) that just proves i overhunted it. i never once seen either of them. only buck i saw in there i shot at.

also need to work on patience still. getting in there EARLY...like its opening day every day. staying late. like its opening day EVERY day. pulling 4am till 8pm hunts. most days, i wont lie..im bored and out of the tree by 10am at the latest. didnt get in there till MAYBE a half hour before dark...i need to get my @$$ in gear and get in the woods and stay there. i just get deathly bored...

i got alot of work to do...but im on my way to becoming a bowhunter. the key to success, i believe, is always learning. figuring out what you did wrong and learning from it and changing to fix it. plain and simple i need more areas and need to hunt MORE..dont go home for lunch..starve or dont eat my lunch at 8am lol. i can feel it. this season is the season im taking my first bowkill. this is my time. im doing everything to ensure that it goes that way. even thinking of taking a doe during an early doe hunt to pop my cherry. figure my orchard spot will be best during that early hunt...i doubt i will ever see a legal buck in there in the daylight...why not take a doe out of there early and pop the cherry

though when i shot at that buck i was like a machine. counted points(legal) called the lane, drew and bent at the waist, stopped him, sent it home...till he ducked. but upto that point i did everything perfect. no shakes..no thoughts. my 1000s of arrows fired paid off. i went into mental overdrive. i was pleased with that. no thinking about it...i just DID what i do.