Biggest thing I think alot of guys just don't "get" because they have been brainwashed by too many companies selling "magic juice". If you aren't hunting in an area that actually holds a deer you consider to be a "trophy" - you won't kill one!
Love it....lol.
Mine would be....if you know the deer you're after is using a certain area.....do everything within your power to be in that area as much as possible. I almost imploded last year when I couldn't hunt a Sunday (illegal)....and I'd seen my buck on Friday and Saturday in that woodlot.
A good friend of mine said....."When skating on thin ice....
speed is of the essence".
When you have a good deer patterned/located......GET IN THE WOODS. A year is an awfully long time to wait for another "chance".
Have fun...........
I hear ya BigJ.....What I described above IS/was "fun".