What are some lessons that you learned from this past bow season?

-  the deer in my area love winter oats. This has been the best food plot I've ever had in over 20 years of doing them   

- don't blow your shoulder out before season and try and suck it up through season. 

- don't book a mule deer hunt in the middle of the whitetail rut and expect to have a lot of action with white tails.

- it is nice to have a couple of friends that you text your adventures to. They can provide advice and encouragement. ( both of mine I met on trade gang)

Public land-Hunt hard early season before they get educated.   

Never pass a slam dunk on a good buck because there is a gooder one following him . The second one will stray off course behind brush ... 

I'm not in good shape anymore!
Don't got too deep into the woods, that's where the other hunters are!

-Get all of those home improvements you promised the wife done before hunting season. 

Gordon I am starting to think you are right.  My favorite public place starts to get awfully busy the last week of October.  Most of the crowd is gone by Veterans Day.

I learned that when elk hunting,  do not get kicked by a horse.  It hurts and  ruins the hunt. 

Make sure you have enough slack in your safety line to turn and shoot towards your tree or it will cost you a 160" buck of a lifetime 

Have good friends you can cry to after he's gone 

Very good thread....

It is not necessary to wear whitey-tighties under your longjohns AND hunting pants. In cold weather it's sometimes hard to find the gold hidden behind door number three in time. Trust me. BW

When your arrow comes off your string and starts to fall and there is a large buck close, DON'T try to catch it.

If you hunt where the wolves were released ........................ don't expect much.

Quote from: Barry Wensel on February 12, 2021, 11:26:41 PM
It is not necessary to wear whitey-tighties under your longjohns AND hunting pants. In cold weather it's sometimes hard to find the gold hidden behind door number three in time. Trust me. BW

Kill your deer early before the gun season opens and the neighbors kill everything they see.

Lease the land from under the neighbors next door next year and move in bow hunters instead.  It may cost you $12,000 up front but it will be worth it.

The one earlier about friends to text during hunts especially helps when you take a shot and need to find the patience to wait enough time.
Thanx Bisch!

After losing 30lbs you better check to see if your Tree Saddle is still comfortable!

Take the first good shot a buck gives you because he might not give you a better one.

Talk with the other guys hunting the public around you. They're generally just as willing to work with you as you are with them.

Go with your gut. If hunting a certain spot doesn't feel right, hunt somewhere else.

Pay attention walking back to the truck after a morning hunt. Never know what might be standing next to it when you get there...

Never give up...

Be careful of the angle of your shot as one step can make the difference between a chest shot and one to the ham, at least the coyotes ate well.

Buy another freezer or two. Seven aint enough.

Smag~

Be open minded to anything and everything.