Up Your Aspiration

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In hunting there is a relationship between what you aim for and what you get. Those who set their sights for bigger deer generally harvest bigger deer. Those were willing to settle for less get less.
-Jim

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Learning How to Fail

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All of us fail at one time or another. Successful hunters fail off. What separates them from the rest is they learn more and faster from that failure than everyone else does.

When you fail and you will, decide what you can learn from it so you won’t make the same mistakes twice. Hunters who blamed others for their failure will never learn from failure, because they’ve never done it.

Knowledge is the positive upside to failure.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/

A Little Extra Effort Changes Everything

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As humans we tend to think the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. Hunters are no different. We’re always on the lookout for that secret special location.

The fact is, there are literally millions of perfect locations throughout North America. 10% more effort right here and right now might be exactly what you need to harvest that buck of a lifetime.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/

Let Sleeping Bucks Lie

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Avoid big buck bedding areas at all costs. A buck chooses his bedding site for security purposes. If disturbed in his bed, a buck will never bed in that spot again, at least not this season.

Unless a food source dries up, a buck will remain in the same area as long as he is not disturbed during day light bedding hours.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/

Hunting with Doubt

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Hunters don’t like doubt, they’ll do anything to avoid.

If you need assurance that you’re in the right place and doing everything right, you’re giving up quite a bit to get it.

On the other hand, if you can get in the habit of seeking uncertainty, you develop a great instinct on the where’s and how’s of hunting trophy whitetails.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/

Buck Fever

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It’s called buck fever, but in reality it’s simple fear of failure.

We see a big buck and immediately our conscious mind begins to categorize everything that could possibly go wrong. We are filled with doubt. We think about shots we’ve missed in the past. Our mind replays those misses and we miss again.

The most effective way to fight buck fever is to spend hours practicing on the range. Practice builds both confidence and muscle memory.

When a shop presents itself, don’t think about shots you missed. Focus your thoughts on the shots you have made. You’ll be amazed at the results.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/

True or False

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True or false? The most important thing to do is to scout. You tell me how many times you have been scouting and I can predict your next seasons results. You need to scout more. This is true.

-Jim

http://jimcollyer.com/