peakrut

1. Were all among friends here, my lessoned learned.

GR8atta2d

Jeff and I talked about this one and I think we're in agreement.

As we learn, as we grow, and even as we become much more confident in our abilities and shot placement. The stricter our "opportunities" become.

And my suck-up post.

When the a Brother is down, when the times are tough..through all the BS and (mostly) friendly mud~slinging. This board Rocks! The vibes set forth by the veterans seem to be transcended down to the newest member.

What an encouraging and supportive force we can be.

GMMAT

And I forgot.....

Next year I wanna kill LESS deer. I think a 2-3 deer season would ROCK!

Good stuff, GR8. Hear! Hear!

iamyourhuckleberry

There's always hope...
Stay positive, look over the next hill
Planning works better than dreaming
A few seconds can change everything
binos are a must
You can sing or cry; choose to sing
Hunting is about sharing... 24/7/365. Open your door. The goodness comes back twice fold.
Prayers work

jmbuckhunter

My stand over the ditch behind the lake isbecoming my alltime favorite. I took my third nice buck there this year.

Never leave your stand while it is still light enough to shoot. Almost cost me my buck this year.

peakrut

At the same time obey your game laws.

bobnan

The lesson I learned, the hard way, always be prepared. My friend and me were coming back in to the woods after a lunch break, No sooner then I hauled my bow up in the stand, a decent buck wandered into range, well actually right under me. I did not have an arrow nocked yet nor did I have my release on yet. Needless to say, I would not have been able to get a shot anyway since he stayed tight to my tree and on the off side where I could not shoot anyway. Lesson is, always be ready and expect the unexpected. Stay safe and have a good season.

bucksnort06

I just learned a hard lesson this morning. I've been fortunate enought be cleanly kill most all deer that I've shot at. My confidence shooting at deer is extremely high. This A.M. I had a beautiful buck just at first light and all I had was a marginal shot at him. I figured I could take the shot no problem with the good streak I've been on. To make a long story short, I never recovered the buck. I will NEVER EVER take another marginal shot again. I no better than this and I'm kicking myself for taking that shot. I guess I got caught up in the moment. I've been bowhunting for a long time and I stress this to every Newbie about marginal shots and I go ahead and do it myself. I'm extremely dissapointed in myself. I just have to move on and learn from it.

BuckRogers

#9 happened to me this year
I proved #16 wrong this year[:@]Hills suck majorly when dragging a 200+ lb deer.

Tody_PSE

#1 Allways be ready to shoot!!!

I missed my chance at my first bow buck (nice 8 pt) had the bow hanging on a hook next to me in my stand, buck poped out of nowhere right under my stand. Grab the bow, buck looks straight up at me and bolts off.