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Originally Posted by Iowanian
Bow hunting is a lot like being a Chiefs fan.
A lot of waiting and waiting and waiting for something great to happen and then after a couple of years of waiting for a playoff caliber deer, you'll see it at 60 yards and something will happen to scare it off....or you'll shoot it too high and suffer the heartbreak of the wildcard loss.
My advice is 2 fold.
Shoot several bows and find what you like. join an archery club, shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot some 3d. It will help you figure range and adjust for angles etc. Target shooting, you usually know how far it is and you're always shooting with good form. I've never had that in a tree.
2nd.
Find a highly successful mentor. Talk to them, listen to them, have them show you on maps on farms where to place tree stands and explain why.
Also....don't feel like you have to get a TV deer. Fill a doe tag or whatever to get success. Enjoy the things you see from your tree and make that the focus of your hunts, not the kill.
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I passed 6 deer on the way to work today. I am looking at bows right now.
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