Very rarely to I read something in a magazine and think "Now that is going to be useful". Occasionally something might pop up but nowadays there are more ads, filler, and regurgitated(sp?) material than ever before. I like the stories and pictures (yeah I'll admit it) but really it is like I am buying these things out of habit rather than necessity or usefulness.

That being said there are lots of new hunters/bowhunters every year so I am sure someone finds them more useful than myself but give them a few years and they will feel the same way. As much as we make of this it is still deer hunting, it is ultimately as easy or as hard as each hunter makes it in the woods they hunt andmany tips and articles don't really fit where I hunt.

Last year I had a spot I really liked and was hunting it with some success (as far as sightings &not being detected) but I felt i wasn't set up quite right. I posted the pic and got some really good ideas that were helpful to me in a real world/real time kind of way. That to me was much more useful than anything I read that month. Also having access to hunters that are hunting very close to me (whether it is VA, NC, WV, etc) is super helpful because you get lots of input on deer activity and that can be really helpful during the rut and other times as well, like weather fronts.