Include toilet paper, a knife, compass, license, backtag, string to tie on your carcass tag and anything else you carry with you. Do it now so you can replace what s missing before the season. Put it all in a small pack and store it where you ll find it. You don t want to be rummaging through desk drawers for a backtag just before sunup on opening day or wondering where your ammo clip went as you climb into your stand. Bow hunters always do.
Deer do, too.
Most gun hunters pay no attention to it. If you sit or hunt from a tree, get downwind or at least crosswind of where you expect to see deer. Still-hunt into the wind. On a windy day you can sometimes walk right up to deer. Drive downwind when possible.