I gun hunt too. It' s like a war zone. I hear hundreds and hundreds of shots every opener. I couldn' t begin to count. My inlaws own land next to 40,000 acres of state land that is open to public hunting.

this year i hunted the public land and had 3 different hunters setup within 130 yards of me. I watched as one shot a nice buck. Dang thing was just out of my slug range and didn' t want to take a risky shot.

funny thing is every time I get a gun in my hands the deer walk right up to me and give me what would be a perfect bow shot. Every time I just get ticked off. Of course I shoot the deer but why not walk right by me during bow season!!!!!