I feel the same way, Deer season is an awesome time, everyone is excited if they actualy hunt, Im alot like you except my gun is a .270 (with a really expensive scope) but i carry 2 cartridges whenever im hunting , One to shoot the deer and the other incase i get lucky and see a second , i never have more than one round in the gun when hunting because it will get you to shoot alot smarter and better trust me, i got my first deer last year in the first 10 mins off my porch, it was the first of 4 deer i saw that hour.. and luckily it was the largest and it wasnt more then 80 yards away. Well sorry to make you read all this, Im out