I hunted public land before I bought my farm. I decided I would get off the beaten path so to speak. Left the truck at 3:30 am. Waded across a wide shallow creek then took off waders and hung them up. Hiked about 2 hours into the deepest timber I could find on our state forest land carrying my bow, tree stand, backpack with a full days food and water ect. ect. All total about 30 pounds of gear. About 3:00 that afternoon two does came in and, being worn out from walking in and ready to go home, I dropped the biggest one. The instant I tripped my release I thought "what did I just do! I gotta drag her out now! I could have killed a doe in the back yard! 2 hours in, almost 4 hours out! Lesson learned. I don't mind the drag for a good buck but my "meat" deer come from somewhere I can get the 4 wheeler within 100 yards if possible.