What has made you a better hunter?

[Bphillips]

Better camo. By better I mean warmer. Not sure it has made me a better hunter but more successful hunter being able to sit longer.

 

[philsanchez76]

I was one of those proponents of cells cams. They've helped me out quite a bit on public these past 5-6 seasons (or so I thought). I usually have about 40 sits every year because I can make my own schedule. Well this year saw a job change and I only got 5 sits all year and killed only one deer. And guess what, the cell cams did NOTHING to help me. I realized the reason I was always on the deer in previous seasons was cuz I was constantly in the woods observing, scouting and shifting with the deer. Now I will still run the cams next season, but I have down graded them in my list of priorities thats for sure. Very interesting lesson for me.

 

[Wooden Arrow]

i've had deer come in straight upwind to me, and stand in the wet leaves where i'd recycled iced tea, sniffing and looking around. had one young buck bed down like he was waiting, scared him off when i climbed down.