A few really good tips in here so far..

I always liked the practicing with 1 arrow thing too.. Dr Andy actually told it too me about 3 years ago.. and I've since seen better results with my shooting because of it. A real good tip.

I don't know about my best tip.. but I gots one that deals with tracks and paying attention to details.

After you recover a whitetail examine all the hooves of the animal.. you will start to gain a fair amount of knowledge from this. And really pay close attention to the edges of the hoof itself and especially the tip. Although not 100% true.. its pretty accurate (of course rocky terrain would cause different results).. you'll often learn that bucks that are older have rounded edges and tips on their hooves.. while does of the same age often have pointed "toes" so to speak.

Bucks generally drag their "feet" as they walk where as does pick up their feet pretty high.. the constant dragging by a older deer produces rounded edges on the tip of the hoof.

Since paying attention to this a few years back I've not come across a single 4 yr. old or greater buck who still has pointed "toes". They've always been rounded.

Obviously look for larger sets of tracks.. but I've seen quite a few does with BIG tracks.. but always (except a very old 6+ yr. old girl) the doe's have sharper edges.

It's made my identification with tracks much more precise while in the field.

Hope all this makes sense.[&:]