I only grew in the mid section...well last year I shot no deer and this year I shot a buck and a doe.I think I'm starting to understand deer behavior more.

I grew more as a dad than as a hunter this year just last week my daughter turned one and I didn't get to spend the time I wanted to in the woods this year but for the first time I felt like there was something more important.

Good stuff Mike!

As for myself, I grew frustrated this year buck hunting. I don't usually get this frustrated but this year everything I hunted (bear and whitetails) was tough hunting. I'm ok with that though, that's bow hunting for ya.

First bowkill. 'Nuff said

hmmm....

found out that i CAN sit DARK to DARK and its not all that bad...even if you dont see a single deer all day [:'(] but i did it...a couple times. if i didnt, i snuck out, grabbed something to eat and was back in the tree(usually elsewhere) within an hour or so and sat till 12 or 1 instead of 9 or 10am before leaving. the desk job i had this summer made it all possible IMO.

got off my "honey hole hill" the last couple hunts and seen bucks in new spots on a whimm. i never had confidence doing it before, but without acorns, and with corn surrounding my hill when it never did before, i HAD to do something. gave me the confidence boost i needed for the future..i know of many areas i THINK will produce deer, just never bothered because i didnt have confidence in it and knew the "honey hole hill" is usually good...

also, i got a good bit of motivation to beat on doors and try to find new spots this season...my area of the township was sad this season...VERY few legal bucks to be found...between spotting, farming, people driving around, scouting, etc etc, there just werent many legal bucks at all. i talked to ALOT of different bowhunters this year, and the ones that seen nice bucks, or much deer movement at all, had pretty exclusive private property...my buddy got 2 new properties he never even scouted and seen GOOD bucks on both properties the first time hunting them...just walked through the woods till he found trails and rubs...just had the right property that wasnt crawling with small game and fall turkey hunters etc....

learned a good bit this season....was a good season and looking forward to next...lack of acorns killed my deer hunting for the most part...