My gun? pretty hard to get them without it.

The #1 key to my success is knowledge of the game that you are hunting and I owe a lot of what I know to the people of this board. Knowledge is key to success in anything you do in life including hunting. If you don't know how to look for sign and pattern the animals movements, it all boils down to luck. But if you can put yourself in "the right place at the right time" by scouting, you're increasing that so called "luck" by 150%.

Time put in the woods contributes to my success, and also confidence in the spot your hunting i think plays the major role in filling a tag. Oh and also having good deer numbers too helps a bunch!

90 % pure LUCK(being in the right place at the right time) 10% skill.

thats why i hunt 60+ days a year.

Being persistant and staying focused for as long as possible while in the deer woods. Some say spending time in the woods, which is certainly correct. I feel that 4 hours of time spent hunting while I'm focused and alert is better than 10 laxidasical hours.

The more skill you have the less luck you need. The more deer you have around the less luck you need. If you had good scouting, prep and skill, then you wouldn't need 60 days to kill a deer.

i dont need 60 days to kill a deer. i do need 60+ to take 10-15 deer.

If you are taking 10-15 deer, you need to give yourself more credit in the skill department. Luck may buy you a couple, but you are obviously got your stuff together, and you've got a good spot.

The good Lord allowing me to be in the right place @ the right time.

Passion. It gives me the drive to practice, sit still, scout often and to hunt hard. I agree with the statement that the more skill you have, the less luck you need. I couldn't win a lottery if I was the only one playing, so my luck sucks. but I manage to put meat in the freezer year after year.