You're talking to someone who grew up hunting back east in thick woods with a .30-30. I've done plenty of still hunting with a round in the chamber. And I never said you or anyone else shouldn't do it.
Yet you continue to state the obvious with a sense of discovery, and talk about your particular style of hunting in your particular locale as if it's the be-all end-all. Stillhunting in thick timber is one style of big game hunting among many. There are lots of other ways to hunt where a round in the chamber buys you nothing but the chance for an accidental discharge. It's a shame your point of view is so narrow as to not recognize that.
