Pumpkins!!!

[Sitka_Blacktail]

thank you for confirming my every belief that bow is the way to go when it comes to public lands,i was shot towards one year never again,my lesson has been learned,i believe that in the ne'er future we will have to draw names day by day to see who gets to hunt

That can happen even when it's not crowded. I as hunting deer with a couple guys in Alaska one time and had shot a nice buck. We were hunting up a mile long ridge and after I gutted it out, I hunted on up my side. As I got near the top all hell broke loose from over the ridge. I'd kicked a doe across the ridge top and when they saw it, they started shooting. I could hear bullets whining over my head. Luckily I was down far enough there was no way they could hit me, but it was nerve wracking. The doe ran back towards me and expired about 25 yards away. They didn't even know they'd hit it. Never hunted with those two again.