I ran into a guy up on the hill behind my house carrying an old 94 Winchester last season. First one in quite a while now. I was starting to think I was the only one left around here who still uses one. Nice guy, helped me drag my deer to my Jeep.
The spot we used to hunt up north of Brainerd, Mn. was like this. There was our group and one other bunch of guys in there. Good guys-every one of them. They had a couple older fellows who still made it into their stands every year, and we always made a point of checking on them in case they needed help dragging one out, or needed anything. Our groups drug deer out for each other on multiple occasions. They camped at the trail head we walked in on, and we were always welcome for coffee or a beer at day's end. They had ATV's, and would haul our deer out to the trail head if they crossed paths with us on the way out. I'd always run into town and get them a 12 pack and leave it sitting on the seat of their ATV the next day.
