I would rather use my 30-30 but most people have no idea how thick a FL bayhead is...In FL most of our land is thousands of acres of fields of palmetto s that can range from 1 foot high to 5 feet high and thick laura type shrubs...this is where the deer spend the nights feeding.....Then, about 30 minutes before dawn they enter in the bayheads....the bayheads is where it's wet...the outside of the head has a perimeter of briars and the inside is where the game is and the moccasins and gators live...most bayheads don't have a cypress tree fat enough for a climber...the ground is wet making still hunting a good choice...but the inside is simply a maze of twisted up vines and millions of small sapling cypress trees..but all the game stay here until dusk...the mosquitoes stay active in here all day...these cypress bay heads can range from 1 acre to miles....most hunters set up outside the heads hoping for a shot...they usually strike out...the hardcore successful ones still hunt inside the deer's habitat...you will always see snakes...guaranteed..