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Old 11-30-2014 | 09:54 AM
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I'll give my honest opinion.

I think the worst think you can do is start think about everything that might be wrong besides what you are doing.

I see it all the time. I kill big deer and guys want to start crowding me like its my spot and not my ability.....I move where they were and kill big deer while they ruin my hunting spot.

Its a sport of patients, patients, and more patients.

Stay in your stand,hunt the wind and take patient steps at learning.

Take a step back and observe and look for things you are doing wrong. Some will try but honestly we just can't tell you specifics without being there. We can just offer possibilities. Find a spot where you can see a lot and observe for a few days..

Your wind could be wrong, you could be hunting a food source that has dried up, you could simply be in to close to the deer and be jumping them, you could be to far away and they are not getting there before dark.

There are so many things that could be wrong. The way you travel in and out. I have a guy on the property I hunt now that make the mistake of hunting the backside of a food source which has a lot of deer but when you walk through the food source in the morning before dark and in the evening after dark every day it just don't work. This is my go to spot. Every year I fill my buck tag in this spot usually on day 1 and let him hunt it the rest of the season.....it takes him about 2 days to ruin the spot.

If there are deer there and your not getting them its not a problem with the farm. You just have to be patient and learn what you are doing wrong...I hope that doesn't come off wrong it is the same way I go by when I'm asking myself what the problem is...Its me not everything else. Sure there are other factors but you are the factor you can control.

Last but not least enjoy hunting. That is a huge factor. Enjoy the actual hunting part and things will come a lot easier. Enjoy the birds,squirrels,just being in the woods etc. and every hunt is a good hunt and it will come to you.

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