Is there a way I can get a deer to come within rage in the early season
Know your deer, know your woods - set up as many good locations as you can. Thats bowhunting - its tuff - they don' t all walk 15 yds from you and say shoot me

. Sounds like a great first hunt to me - I don' t think I saw a deer in my first 20 trips when I started[

]. Scout, scout and scout some more
or is it just luck when they do?
Luck has little to do with it - if you put in your work during the long offseason - you will be rewarded

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That rifle will be collecting dust soon