Choose your equipment wisely its the last thing you want failing at the moment of truth.

okay wtf. Most people say things like that poking fun, but you are actually serious?

1. Aim Small, Miss Small
2. Do things YOUR way, especially if they work. (Don't care what others think about your hunting tactics)
3. Get in early, get out late.
4. Scout, know your areas, and what the animals are going to do.

Another tip I can add to this is when you do practice, HOLD your bow back as long as possible and then try to let that "perfect' arrow go. Simply because you never know what will happen!!

A few really good tips in here so far..

I always liked the practicing with 1 arrow thing too.. Dr Andy actually told it too me about 3 years ago.. and I've since seen better results with my shooting because of it. A real good tip.

I don't know about my best tip.. but I gots one that deals with tracks and paying attention to details.

After you recover a whitetail examine all the hooves of the animal.. you will start to gain a fair amount of knowledge from this. And really pay close attention to the edges of the hoof itself and especially the tip. Although not 100% true.. its pretty accurate (of course rocky terrain would cause different results).. you'll often learn that bucks that are older have rounded edges and tips on their hooves.. while does of the same age often have pointed "toes" so to speak.

Bucks generally drag their "feet" as they walk where as does pick up their feet pretty high.. the constant dragging by a older deer produces rounded edges on the tip of the hoof.

Since paying attention to this a few years back I've not come across a single 4 yr. old or greater buck who still has pointed "toes". They've always been rounded.

Obviously look for larger sets of tracks.. but I've seen quite a few does with BIG tracks.. but always (except a very old 6+ yr. old girl) the doe's have sharper edges.

It's made my identification with tracks much more precise while in the field.

Hope all this makes sense.[&:]

Here is one gear wise, I use a Kwikee Quiver, I bought an extra bracket and screwed it into my climber and attach my quiver once I'm in my tree and hunting!

you cant shoot a big buck from the couch


scout more hunt less, for more success

When someone ask where you got him at,lie through your teeth or you may regret it.

1.Wind direction:know where your scent is heading,don't guess."Test"
2.Take a path to your stand to avoid a deer crossing your path or winding you enroute to and from.
3.Don't get out of your stand early.

We all will laugh at this, but its some of the best advise there is!

Practice sitting in your stand. For me it takes time to gear up to an all day sit. I have to work my way up to it.

That's funny, because you wouldn't believe the amount of people who used to ask me where I killed a few of my "book" bucks at...

I always told them the Shawnee National Forest. While true, it's only about 300,000 acres in size.