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Best advice I could give you (other than what you've already received.....which is great).....is put yourself in position to take animals with your bow.....if you can. I sat for 1/2my first season thinking I was ready and simply waiting for the right animal.

What I found out was.....I wasn't.

Shooting at targets and becoming a proficient "archer" can be done in relatively short order. You have plenty of time. "I" think .....if I could give you any advice.....I'd say to put yourself in position to take a game animal with your bow (even take a deer or two) before you go on your bear hunt. When I finally decided to take a deer with my bow.....I was ill-prepared for the psychological effect the shot had on me.....and I blew it.

Good luck to you.