Limitations

One very important thing not frequently mentioned when discussing planning hunting trips is limitations... your physical abilities, mental awareness limits, hunting area limits, and reasoning limits concerning shots to take or not take. Remind yourself not to stretch your travel distance beyond your range of return before night sets in or your energy gives out completely. Be aware that when the adrenalin flows fast under hunting conditions, people tend to turn off intelligent thinking and stretch their selves beyond what they would do normally, i.e., "I'm 'pooped' but surely I'll find something over the next hill". If you share experiences such as I do, you will frequently see game just across the limits of your hunting area. This is a wonderful opportunity to use that camera you brought along. When you have hunted hard and have been 'unsuccessful' in filling your tag, or adding to your bag, it can be very tempting to shoot that game you see in an area that is virtually inaccessible. Ethical, and legal, reasons should tell you to beware, and also your own physical limitations should wave a flag. As you hunt more you will eventually hear "I could have gotten a deer, but where it was, the only way I could have gotten it out would have been with a knife an fork" i.e., cooked it there and eaten it there.
I wish you good and safe hunting.