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I like to wear these when in the stand to hide my eyes

When close I always squint and even keep one eye closed

I think it's just that a pair of eyeballs staring in your direction stands out a little in the woods. You really can't mistake it for anything other than a critter, and in out case, a large critter. For that reason when a deer is very close to me and facing me I sometimes close my left eye.

I have never scouted out any individual deer . I just like to know what is in the general area .

My family member is an employee at the BJS store in Johnson City NY, he advised me he just marked safes down half off and had 11 of them left. Seem pretty nice for the money, fire and water proof. Weighs about 340lbs and their staff will not help you, my dad and i managed to move two of them with a flat cart and dolly once we were home. 5 left in this current store as of last night. https://www.bjs.com/product/wasatch-18-gun72-cu-ft-fire-and-waterproof-safe-with-electronic-lock---dark-bronze/3000000000004479789

Putting aside my .270 for the first time and will be using this golden oldie this season. Bought it last summer as you see it along with 24 rounds of ammo for a whopping $100 from an older gentleman who did not want it anymore. Don't think I ever had a greater deal in my life. Gave the man what he asked for it. It's the Savage model 99f in .300 Savage. Ammo is not easy to find anymore but was lucky enough to find 3 boxes this past Spring so it's going hunting with me this season. Shoots minute of deer all day long and it's an absolute delight to carry. Feels way better in your hands than any bolt action I ever handled. Hopefully it gets to bring something down this season.

SIREN, Wis. — A 12-year-old boy shot and killed a wounded black bear as it was mauling his father near their hunting cabin in the thick western Wisconsin woods. Ryan Beierman, 43, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he was pinned beneath the 200-pound bruin on Sept. 6 when his son, Owen, fired a shot from the boy’s hunting rifle. Full Story Here: 12-year-old boy fatally shoots black bear mauling his dad during hunt in Wisconsin (nbcnews.com)

Unfortunately I now only have access to this forum from my work computer. I use to be able to log in through Tapatalk on my phone but now even that has stopped. I tried resetting my password but with an absentee owner my request never gets fulfilled. Anyways... onto the hunting portion of this story. My daughter and I went out Saturday evening and set up in a log pile to get a jump on where we have been seeing a doe a few evenings a week. The plan worked out and she took her first ever deer in the start of her third season hunting. It was a pretty wild 15-20 min as the doe popped out but offered no shot. We where not in the best of cover so we had to stay as still as possible but you could tell the doe was getting increasingly nervous. I think she could tell something was off but we where just hidden enough and she was up wind from us. She eventually worked up the courage to try and circle around us to get down wind but she didn't even have to get down wind all she had to do is get directly to our left because at that point we are completely exposed. She gets to our left, freezes, starts to stomp her hoof at us then eventually blows and takes off running. Here's the wild part she stops 60 yards away completely broadside just blowing away almost like she saw us but we somehow still had her confused. My daughter acts fast gets the gun on the doe and whispers "I'm shooting" I just simply replied "take it". Her gun goes off and the does front legs tuck into her body while she crashes to the ground and bulldozes and flips for 10 second before dying within site. High fives some hugs and probably a few tears of joy where had. Even though we knew the deer was dead and not moving we sat back down to let it all sink in. After about 10 min I have her get her tag out and start filling it out. At about the 20 min mark we slowly work our way over to the doe, thank her for her sacrifice before taking pictures and getting to work. This is a day neither of us will ever forget and has probably taken over as the best day I've ever had in the woods.