Ruger,

I totally hear you. It's that way in many things however. Some people live their life in that fashion. Always late or behind schedule. Flying by the seat of their pants......it's something that those of us who study, learn, talk to buddies, talk on hunting forumns, etc. can't understand.

Unfortunately I think there is alot more people who throw a shell in their gun and head to the woods than people who take the timetopractise, sightin and try the best loads for theirguns or people who sighted it in last year and it should be good enough now.

I bought a new shotgun this year and put a scope on it. I knew what it should do...my son has one just like it. I still shotno less than 10-12 boxes of slugs through it so that IKNEW how it would perform at 25, 50, 75, 100 yards. Obcessive, probably but I was confident when I carried it thatif Ihad a good shot at those distances,I could put that slug EXACTLY where I wanted it to go!

Those hunters that round up a gun & ammo and pay no attention to scent control, never scouted a minute, head to the woods and finda place to sit and still kill deer leaves the rest of us scratching our heads.

Alot of the enjoyment of hunting is preparing for it!