Bowhunting only. 6/14.
I am self taught when it comes to finding stand locations, and in my first 4 or 5 years I wasn't very good at it.
I hardly ever was close enough to a deer to shoot. The hunting locations were public land, and in PA , that made it tougher when you aren't sure what you're doing. And I missed a few too.
The last 6-7 years I have joined a lease and also have been able to hunt in my home community(private) that was closed to hunting for 30+ years. So my success rate has improvedin the last 5 years.
I hope my success rate will increase dramatically in the next 2-3 years due to the "location" factor.