The only thing I did different that upped my odds this year was to wear my Ultimate Camo. I noticed an improvement in not getting busted in my stand. Zero times!

I went mobile, hardly hunted the same spot twice. Payed better attention to hunting the wind and also my approach to hunting different phases of the rut.

hunt more and scout more!

I bought my own property to hunt on, so I don't have to share it with the idiots.

I scouted my ass of all year long.

Iplanted food plots.

I think I learned the most by being in the woods during hunting season and observing the deer movement.

I hunted in areas with thicker cover that I had scouted in the off-season. Although I did not take a big buck, I did have two mature bucks within range and my overall buck sightings are up from 3 from last year to 14 this year.

I finally learned to turn my head REALSLOWLYto check outEVERY sound I hear, even if I think it's just another squirrel! I learned this the hard way last year. Also, afterall theseyears I finally got fed up with the noise my license holder made rubbing the tree when my back was against it. I now have it attached to my day pack. It's still visable.