RE: What did you learn this season?
I didn't really learn much this year. My entire archery hunting area was flipped up-side-down this year due to the woods being timbered in Jan. and then the starting construction of the new county jail that was going into a field across the road from the woods I hunt (the field was an old grown up horse pasture full of green briar and golden rods where the deer bedded and it was also a major travel route between the two best food sources). Everything was flipped entirely around and even though I still saw alot of deer but not the quality or amount of bucks that I am used to. Wether this was because of the construction and "revamping" of the woods or some other source is unknown. After rifle season I will be putting a bunch of free time into scouting this area and getting a grasp on what to start looking for next fall.