That's hunting Tx! Don't beat on yourself too much, you've already realized your mistakes, now learn from them on the next hunt. It sounds like you had at least started to find a few patterns as the trip went on. I think now that you have some areas that you've hunted and have some stands hung/prepared you can start fine tuning those setups and you'll be ready to rock. Hunting new areas and trying to take in everything on the fly is very hard to do.