i hunt on the ground not the stand

There is No substitute for time spent in the woods. Spend every minute you can in a Stand.

Learn the basics and build on that (hunt the wind, funnels, etc.) Learn to be profecient with your Bow, learn to read a deer's body language, and harvest legal deer as you go along.

There is No substitute for actually killing something!:s4:

Dan

Hunting on the ground is tougher, but the basics are still the same!

Dan

Try caffeine, GasX, and making sure there is actually a deer there...LOL

Sounds like you are doing everything right, some times it just doesn't work out!....:)

The most important thing, when hunting ANY game, is being where they ARE.

If deer are in the area you're hunting, my suggestion is to remain quiet and don't move.

Your 1st season sounds a lot like mine, actually.....except I knew deer were here. Biggest obstacle I had to overcome was my own ineptness.