EKM; you hit it dead on the nail. Trac209 is bringing baggage from another thread because he disagrees with me on other issues. The only other big game animal that is even close to the ease of whitetails is the pronghorn. People can read whatever they want to in my post. I even stated that on occassion I too hunt whitetails, but apparently that doesn't matter. My second day out taking a break from elk hunting, I shot a whitetail buck. In less than 6 hours of whitetail hunting I had collected my buck, compared to countless hours of elk hunting w/o success. Whitetail follow trails, have small home ranges, are abundant, have routines and can be easily patterned. In fact, they arre considered a nuisence in many area's of the country.