RE: new bowhunter seeks a little advice
Having started out rifle hunting, I feel your pain. When rifle hunting, you want to be sitting with your back against coverage, but wide open in front. Bow hunting is much more difficult... Not only do you want coverage behind you to mask your shape, but you need enough cover in front of you to cover your draw -- but not too much that you can't get a clean shot. Very hard.
I heard a rumor that horses and deer are looking where their ears are pointing. Anyone have any reliable info on this? From the horses I've been around, it seems to hold true -- or maybe they just follow you with their ears and not their eyes... Just a thought.
Good luck! THe changeover from gun hunting is hard, but the rewards are so much greater!