Cayugad,

You made me think about a few things. Thanks for the post. I know I can get close to deer. 90% of the deer I have taken have been within 30 yards, and probably 90% of those have been within 20. The 7 point I shot with my .308 last year was 27 yards away, and was the same exact blind and shot I made with my bow a month earlier. So getting close for me is not a problem.

It's the challenge I think I am looking for. The 2 things I would like to do this year is shoot one at long range and succesfully stalk a deer with my bow. This property may be good for both of them.

I'll keep my eyes peeled on these forums and this post. I really like how that guns looks but obviously there are more factors to buying a gun than looks, and i'll obviously need to practice a lot.

I have been shooting black powder for many many years. I used to have an inline, but I use my smoothbore flinter come muzzleoading season for the challenge. I've never lost 1 deer with that gun.