I felt the same way opening morning, first thing I did was drop my Yardage Pro out of my stand and cringed as I heard it bounce off a rock. Luckily it wasnt damaged. I always feel it takes a couple times in the stand to really get your routine down and get into the serious hunting mode. As for the deer, I wanted to take the first nice doe I saw to get some meat on the table, 3 sits in the stand 5 different small bucks within 10 yards, no doe.