Hunting vs Shooting. Here's a little different perspective for you. I grew up in Oregon, started hunting at 9 or 10 yrs old. 80% of my hunting from about that age till about age 31 was deer. In western Oregon you hunt huge clearcuts over pretty rough terrain. You are constantly moving, up and down ridges and valleys pushing bedded deer into the open. Almost all shots were running deer at between 100 and 200 yards. We sighted our guns in at 220 yds. Fast forward, I move to Texas and then Florida. Started a family, moved a lot in construction management. As I only get to shoot at the preserves so hotly discussed lately I think I can relate to the guys who disdain preserve hunting because I feel the same way about deer hunting in the southern states (generally speaking). At age 54 now I have no interest in sitting in a tree stand waiting for a deer to walk by below and then shoot it. Nor do I have the urge to shoot a deer standing at a salt lick. No offense meant to anyone who hunts this way, it's a product of living in country that is mostly dense underbrush, I just have no interest.
Rather than not get to shoot the old doubles I've taken an interest in since receiving my 1st Parker I will shoot on preserves when my employer invites me along several times a year (free!) but no southern deer "hunting" (read shooting) for me.
