I'm confused. If I go hunting with a loaded rifle some of you think I'm an idiot. If I am deer hunting and look at a deer through the scope I'm an idiot that should be kicked in the nutts.
Some of you actually hunt with unloaded guns and think people who don't are idiots, Hilarious
I do agree that scanning the hillside with a loaded rifle should never be done. Binoculars are the appropriate tool.
On the other hand If I carry a 1911 the only way to do it without being an idiot is a round in the chamber cocked and locked with it down my pants pointed at my nutts.
Forums are confusing places. The thing I have learned is no matter which way you do anything there is someone proudly proclaiming you are an idiot.