1. Strap your release to your bow EVERYTIME you are done with it. Does not do you any good on the ground when you are 20 feet up.

2. Pack everything in your vehicle the night before including your hunting weapon.

3. Make sure you have a flashlight in your gear on afternoon hunts.

4. Put a chemlite (glow stick) in your pocket, on your treestand and in your bag. For those of you that said a click on light these work a lot better. They look like a spaceship landed in the woods.

5. Spare key ON the truck.

6. Drag the deer the extra hundred feet to your truck. Don't assume the ground is hard enough for your truck just because it is for you. (Yea this one cost me .... Its expensive to get a tow truck out in the middle of nowhere at 10 pm)

7. Practice with your bow A LOT during off season. This includes drawing your bow at different angles and shooting it.

8. Make sure you have medical tape on your arrow rest. Ever heard a freight train in the woods? You will if you draw your bow without that on there.