You can pick up a cammo blind for $50. or better yet a ladder stand for not much more and get up off the ground. Scent control is not such a problem then, and you can see better. Buy extra ammo and practice until Dec.,15. Get a good but not too expensive skinning knife. Buy deer tags and get the literature to learn all the rules for your area. If you hike and have good warm clothes for that, you are ready. Pack your pack with the snacks and drinks you like for hiking, all the gear you use for your hikes you will probably use on your hunts, so really just add the tags,orange clothes, rifle and ammo, and learn all you can about field dressing and have the tools for that.
The 180 gr.ammo will be fine for hunting if you have a box left after sighting in, but try and find 125Gr.pointed soft points for future hunts. You'll thank me later!
Last edited by turkey guide; 11-30-2009 at 10:12 PM.