RE: Begginner and frustrated
Not too unusual if you're hunting an area that doesn't allow feeders or bait. I went up to NW Minnesota to rifle hunt with my brother the weekend of the 8th, and we saw NOTHING all day Saturday (opening day), and nothing all day Sunday until 15 min before sunset a yearling doe stepped out into the clover field I was hunting on. I shot her at 125 yards. My brother, who has never gone without a deer in the 3 years since he moved to MN, got skunked the whole season. He normally fills his first tag on opening day. It happens. I've had years when I didn't get anything, and others when I shot one at first light on opening day.
My advice is to be patient and persistant. Eventually they will come.
Mike