Now here are the improvements/resolutions.
1.) I need to use observation stands more frequently. I think I got a little gung-ho at times. I dove in before I had enough intel.
2.) Trust my instincts. One of the first buck beds I found last year when I started scouting for them didn't look like much. It had the traits of a buck bed. Some hair in the bed, multiple piles of feces varying in age, and a couple old rubs. It was a heavily hunted area and this one bed was the best buck sign I found on the whole place. Long story short I left there that day feeling good about finding what I thought was my first buck bed. The more I thought about this spot I started to doubt what I found. I didn't go back there until mid November, after I had hunted a number of other options I thought were better. My first sit at this spot I do ended up having a 140" (rough estimate) buck at 35 yards. I didn't have a clear shot so I didn't take it. I don't know what would have happened if I would have hunted there sooner and I never will because I didn't trust my instincts.
So what is your buck hunting resolution? What will you do different in 2014.
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