Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, guy. I have been out 5 times since the rifle season started on Bragg, and have seen one deer and it wasn't worth the ammo. Similar complaints from a number of people. There's 189 acres behind my house that I hunted the last 2 years, that unfortunately, they cut all the timber of of this summer. The deer are still running the same trails dispite no cover, but it's all at night. Unfortunately, they'll be running dogs in another couple weeks. However, don't give up.

An armed society is a polite society.