Bowhunter4life wrote:Biggest mistake is finding and looking for these beds thinking that alone is gonna produce. Find the bed then find the way the deer is entering and exiting and think they have it all figured out. Way more to this stuff than just the simple find the bed read the sign and it then come back and hunt it. Gonna get you a lot of empty sits and often times ruin the spot before it is even good. You have to take it all in. When is that buck there and why. Food scourse does pressure put him there what advantages does he have in that spot and can you even get in there to hunt him in that area. It is certainly a process of learning g and your not gonna jump ahead by reading comments here from guys. It is in the field mistakes that lead to growth and understanding. There is just simply no way around them. Any and ever good hunter you talk to on this site will likely tell you the same thing there.
What I do see is guys being defeated so quickly when they find what they believe are the golden areas or spots then they hunt the 3 or 4 of them and they don’t produce. It’s like it takes all the wind out of their sails! You can’t let what so many called failed hunts defeat you or you won’t last long in this game. Take it all in and really get a big picture of what all is going on in and around these areas you find buck bedding. So much can be learned in there when you really break it all down. Some are definitely easier than others depending on the situation and circumstances of that particular location. There are also some who I believe over complicate it as well. I like to find something before I go to the actual kill spot I have determined from my scouting telling me that buck is using it at this time. Fresh sign in whatever form that may be. Just some indication he is or has been there recently. Enjoy the process of learning and failing cause it never ends. Still fail way more than I succeed, that is for sure!
This makes so much sense. Thanks for the reminder that success does not come with out a ton of failure! I learn from every hunt, that's my mantra!