NY Bowhunter this is one reason why I have become a stand hunter and also why I have taken up bow hunting, the thrill of the kill is far greater to me.

Where I am from there were plenty of folks that hunted with dogs which is another form of deer hunting that takes quite a bit of skill, but I noticed that over the years most dog hunters went one of 2 ways, they either got away from hunting deer with dogs and evolved slowly into first driving without dogs and eventually to stand hunters, I am part of that group, or they became fascinated with the scouting and the dogs and could care less about killing a deer. I often wondered if they also did this to hang out with the younger crowd who loved dog hunting, of course I had more than one relative who went to thier graves still hunting in front of dogs and loving it.