The best tip I can give is to keep things is perspective. I put so much pressure on my self to kill a big buck every year that at times I let that define me, and I incorrectly use that as a benchmark for whether I had a succesful year. Always remember that "a bad day hunting is still better than a good day at work".

For actual hunting techniques,I can't stress enough that you need to hunt to prevailing wind. This means different things to different people. If you have 500 acres its not that hard, but if you have 40 acres it may be more difficult. However, it still possible most times. Look at a map of the property and see if there is any way that you could move yourposition (even just 20-30 yards) so that by the time the deer get downwind, they will have already presented a shot. I know that I can only hunt, at most, two days a week and you can bet I'm not going to sit home because there is a north wind.