The older I get, the more I see the reason the old man started going for high shoulder. Bad knees + bad back does not equal fun tracking. I have shot a couple of deer that were nice enough to run towards the truck but that sure isn't the norm. Looks like a good eating fella you got there Falcon. Nice shooting. By drill cloth do you mean that stuff that is a bit similar to denim? Never crossed my mind to try it in any of my smokers. Looks to be a bit to heavy for any of my front loaders except maybe one of the Lyms which is a bit on the large side of the .50 scale.