For years, my favorite way to hunt deer was to sneak/still hunt on some very large parsles of public land not far from where I live. While these spots are hit heavily on opening weekend, after that pressure is minimal and then only at those spots easily accessible. Once I learned where the deer went when pressured and those spots other hunters tended to avoid(the area was a maze of big swamps and small oak ridges) I tended to have good success on nice bucks late in the season, especially on rainy/windy/snowy days. Things was, that success usually happened a long way from roads or other easy access points. This meant a half day drag thru swamps and heavy brush, many times not in a straight line/shortest distance scenario. Getting old meant that was not an option anymore. While I still get the boys to come with me on some of those excursions, they generally like to sit on our private land most of the season as the bucks are bigger and it's just a easier hunt. While I don't do it as often as I used to, and I generally pass on most everything I see, I still like to go thru the motions when the weather presents itself.
