As a whitetail hunter who hunts with a scope. I follow a basic pattern:
1) If I'm looking at something (maybe a deer) the binos come up. 2) If I'm looking at a deer and trying to decide if I'm going to shoot it, the rifle comes up. 3) If I think I see orange, the rifle never comes up.
BTW: I want to register a change in my vote on the cold/hot chamber issue. When Iast I weighed in, I still had Yutes with me. My kids grew up with a cold chamber. Now that they're grown and I'm all alone in the stand, I have begun hunting again with a hot chamber when I'm stationary. When I am out walking, I still carry cold.
