Ditto. Don't be afraid to try new stuff - decoys, scents, spots, you name it. Some of the biggest bucks are taken by newcomers because they didnt know any better and bucked "conventional" wisdom. Conversely, don't ever understimate the benefit of scouting to death, setting up, shutting up and staying still, letting the deer come to you. Also, buy what hunting gear makes you happy, not what others tell you that you need. Get the Double Bull blind because its cool or you really like it, not because you think you need it to get to score a big buck. Last year, someone was plugging some new $100 plus blind chair and when I mentioned I like the $5 plastic chair I had from wally world in my blind, they challenged me, saying it could cost me the buck of a lifetime if I could't swivel just so to take the shot. Amazing what some people will try to make you believe.