I've been deer hunting now for 65 years and I ain't a 'roamer'! I learned a long time ago to scout for sign....and I sit my arse where I expect to see game and I've gotten more than my share! I don't give a 'hoot n hell' if I ever take another and I won't unless they're like this:

[Linked Image]Untitled by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

I love fried backstrap but have been a 'head hunter' for many years now and I just let the smaller bucks grow! The grandsons shoot the meat deer. I saw probably 30 bucks in Kansas this past season rifle hunting and I never pulled the trigger! I froze my arse off for 30 years on climbing stands bow hunting and at this stage of my life those are just precious memories! I sit in a blind...with a heater when it's cold and whether or not I see a head I want...I've had a great day! I won't be worried about getting a scratch on this rifle!

Even birds know not to land downwind!