Don't hunt whitetails. None to be found here in California so we hunt blacktails and mule deer. Shoot and hunt with a longbow and recurve for deer, hogs, turkey, pheasant, quail, grouse, coyotes, marmots (groundhogs), squirrels, rabbits and anything else legal which keeps me busy most of the year. Been hunting for about 14 years, 12 with a bow. I rarely hunt anyplace except California. Don't really need to, but it'd be nice to be able to. Don't hunt from a tree. I like my feet on the ground and taking me to the animal. I scout constantly. Whenever I'm out walking I'm scouting game of one kind or another. I shoot a few 3D's every year. Belong to our local and state bowhunting orgs as well as NRA. My prep for heading into the field is year long as well. I'm either dressing up some arrows or sharpening broadheads. Shooting my primary hunting bow is also a year round joy. I do hunt several of our bow seasons here in Cal. Zone A opens in July for bows and runs a couple of months including rifle season. Then there are 20 other zones that can be hunted. I usually stop hunting deer in October and start concentrating on other species that I hunt closer to home.