Got pissed my dad started hunting October 1 and I had to wait. Asked for my own bow. Got it for my birthday when I was 11. Killed my first deer with it that year after missing 2. Hunted every weekend during bow season until I discovered females. In college had a good place to hunt that was bow only, so I stacked them up for all 7 years of college and during bow season until my children got old enough to hunt. Started squirrel hunting to keep them interested. Haven't bow hunted in 5 years or so I suppose.

ETA: Get a gently used bow setup and invest in a good climbing stand that you can sit long periods of time in. You'll hear a lot of people stress the importance of getting high, but you'll be better off getting hidden than high. Find straight trees with foliage from other trees wrapped around them and get up in the middle of it. Bring a saw/clippers to cut you out a hole. You'll learn a lot by watching deer. Bow season will teach you a lot about deer mannerisms and tendencies. You'll also get to observe a lot of other animals. It's 100x better than sitting in a box stand with a rifle looking over a food plot or pipeline. Spend time scouting, even during the season. I wish I had a dollar for every time I went into an area at daylight and found an area with a lot of sign, climbed a nearby tree, and killed a deer that day. Take your time. Early season is pretty miserable with the weather and mosquitoes. Get a thermacell and the biggest pack of refills you can find. Also, it would be wise to invest in a rangefinder, as judging distances from in a tree is different than in your back yard. Get on your roof to practice shooting down on a deer. They get skinny when you are above them.

Also, it's like turkey hunting in the fact that it's more enjoyable alone.

This post was edited on 8/13/19 at 10:11 am