While I still have 'access' to an adjoining piece of property via farm lease through the farmer I hunt on.....set up a stand in a THICKfunnel between two fields leading from a buck bedding area to every other deer on the property. Was always scared it was too close to where they were bedding. On an aerial photo, it looks slam dunk.

I would have had a buck come to my snort wheeze call instead of following a doe away from me.

Less work.

Not sure much else I could have done thus far. Other than maybe hanging on stand an hour more here and there.

For me I guess it would have been keeping my word to myself of what I was going to harvest.

I did so good initially passing on a couple of small 8pt and a couple of small 6pt. I DON'T pass on legal deer. BB excluded of course. I also passed on does I didn't really need or want. I saw things by passing that I never see when the only thing on my mind is killing. Cool scape tending by buck and doe as well as chasing that left me laughing.

I however FAILED!!! Sighting were way down and in a weak moment I shot a small 6pt. I justified it by knowing I had a second tagand three doe tags so what the heck. Thwack!I WILL be stronger next year. Maybe

Please don't misunderstand. I am not caught up in QDM I just wanted to up the ante a bit.

STILL pleased as punch over my little deer so the season was a great one. I just have to ask most of my hunting buddies how they did.

I should have waited a week or to to go to Ohio.

I lost a buck on Halloween day. I made a shot I'm not ashamed of. I waited 5 hours to track. I searched 6 hours the initial day.....and called in a tracking dog and a fellow HNI'er to help on Saturday. I looked 9 hours on Saturday. I searched 9 more hours on Sunday to no avail.

I honestly was exhausted.

I don't know what I could have done differently....but I wish the outcome was different.....and I didn't stumble onto this guy 29 days later (I wish it had been immediate....or at least more timely).

That's the biggie.

I would also like one other encounter back, still haven't seen that guy since he blew out with part of my arrow inhim.

nothing really, i have not messed up any chances at bucks or missed any shots but i guess i wish i would have hunted new areas just to see whats out their

My wife and I never got to hunt together.. and we always hunt at least once together. She loves to just look at the animals.. I think she somehow gets more excited to see the male cardinals more than anything.

Now with the cold temps I'll never get her out. She's cold when its 70.[&:]