Buy a headlamp - muchbetter than a flashlight, and it frees up a second hand.

Use a strapper/gear retriever instead of a rope - no tangling, ever.

Wear latex gloves and rubber boots while fooling around your hunting area - i.e. setting up mock scrapes, cutting out saplings, scouting.

Fill an old tube sock with Arm & Hammer and tie it off. It makes a scent killing "rosin bag" that can be kept in the closet with your hunting gear, and even toted along in your daypack.

Sprinkle tiny shreds of tree bark from your treestandto monitor wind.

Waste time during off-peak hours with an earbud and radio.

If you drop something, you can use your rope andthe large pin in your backtag license holder as a hook to pick it up. Otherwise, you can make a hook out of any piece of heavy wire.

If you hunt out of the same tree often, leave a bow hook or two hungup in it. They're only .90 cents, and it saves you from trying to find the same hole in the dark. Save the "hole finding" for when you're not hunting.

Make a good freebie bow target out of an old duffel bag or cardboard box - fill it with old clothes, towels, blankets, etc. Balled up shrink wrap works wonderfully as well - and is much lighter. Both work well only with field points - the first one can handle certain types of practice blades (muzzy OK).

Use your safety belt as a deer drag - there's no sense carrying two.

Buy a good limb saw - it doubles as a pelvic bone saw.

If you go through a lot of scent, dilute it with distilled water. Use rubber gloves.

Use shoestrings as freescent wicks - just feeditdown into the bottle, and pull it back out, then loosely tie it onto a branch.

Eat an apple before you go hunting then rub whats left over your clothes to help
mask your scent.

Most of you know this, but it has save me from kicking something a few times. While shooting at the range, and you can group good except for a couple shots each round. If it happens consistently, number your arrows to see if it happens to be the same arrows that are not grouping. Could be a cracked nock or something similar.

My best advice;
Point the pointy part of the arrow at the deer.

If you make a bad s hot and you know about it DO NOT POST IT ON HERELOL

Make sure you at least take a couple shots out of your stand before you go hunting..

i've seen several comments on easy hangers... I would suggest everyone to invest in a BOW Vest from deershack.com. It is really awesome. the bow is always exactly where it needs to be, no reaching for you bow plus it frees up both hands

i have a watch hung up on the front rail of my tree stand. all i have to do it take a quick peek down.

In really cold weather put on a pair of pantyhose. I know it sounds crazy but if you put them on under long underware you will be surprisingly much warmer.

also if you are on stand and your arrow makes noise when drawing back the bow... take your index finger and rub the tip between your cheek and nose (there is natural oils there) and then put that oil on your rest to stop any noise.

Speaking of panty hose---My buddy told me the other day he puts cedar boughs,pine needles,leaves or whatever vegetation he is hunting in the panty hose ,ties it up at the end and puts his hunting cloths in the drier with them.This is something I would definately have to try

In cold weather, less is more when it comes to keeping your feet warm. Multiple layers of socks especially if they're tight will limit blood flow to your feet. Blood is what keeps your feet warm. A single pair of socks will out-perform multiple blood flow constricting layers.