I might be miles from the vehicle when it gets to dark to see for a clean or safe shot and find that the deer simply don’t move until most other hunters have already quit for the day.
Isn't that oldlaw still in effect about being out of the woods within an hour after quitting time? Be mighty hard to do that miles from the road, let alone if you shoot one back in there. Maybe quarter it and pack it out like an elk....or would that be illegal to butcher it in the woods to the dergree to permit easy transport? Don't want to think about dragging even a small deer for miles and miles, esp in rough mountainous terrain.