Lessens learned for sure, field time is the best learning your gonna get, sounds like you were a little too aggressive, maybe, young legs, go get'em...best thing is to glass from a distance, watch them in the early morning, they will mill around but will bed down, wind in your face you start your slow stalk, getting to 100 yards is easy to do, rifle, by-pod or a shooting stick, wait them out or use a doe bleat, get them to stand, pick your buck out...boom.
Sounds easy in theory but can get frustrating as there is usually one that busts you...they do return though but sometimes takes a few days.
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