Im satisfied with TN hunting and the quality of deer in Tn,with that being said,I hunt a lot and I mean a lot,my job lets me hunt pretty much when ever I want,aside from the evenings through the week..I work 3pm to 11pm Mon-Fri so I get every weekend and every day of the week up to 2pm..Most times I hunt through the week up to 2pm then go to work..A lot of times I hunt every day of the week during season,and I have yet to see a B&C deer..And when I hunt I like to stay most of the day,if I don't sit all day i don't come out of the woods till at least 12 or 1pm...I do believe you have to put your time in to kill a mature deer, I don't think its the sole deciding factor..I'd rather hunt in a great spot where you know a mature deer frequents then hunt a bad spot with low odds and hope by chance a mature deer comes by...I've been watching your posts and you seem like a know all deer hunter..Thats just my observations.

The longer I hunt the more I discredit time spent in the stand. I think there are times to kill big deer, and there are times you can hunt to ensure you don't kill big deer.

I dont go to my best areas until the rut, and I mean the rut. Sure I have a shot at killing a big deer the other times out there, but Im mostly hunting does and observing. The two exceptions are when I hunt field food sources the beginning of the season, and after a prolonged bad weather streak late in the year.

Most hunters burn their stands out and more time in the woods if you dont have a large amount of land or hunt it smart will deminish your odds not improve them.

Personally, I wont be hunting on my land except one AM in september (the day Im planting my food plots) until the early muzzleloader. The day in September Im hunting on the extream southend of the property to try and kill a doe. Early muzzleloader actually off the property on the neighbors that I have sole permission to until gun opens. All of this is to keep pressure off the deer and any that I do put pushes them towards my sanctuary and the surrounding money stands.

I'm new to actually posting. I've always just read this blog and others but never participated till now. So maybe I'm trying to get my knowledge out there too fast. I can assure you that I will fall off from posting as it becomes just another thing. But all in all I'm just trying to learn and pass on what I believe to be correct.