I used to hike in like others have mentioned. But these days my knees are so bad that there's no way I'll take a shot 5 miles in because I know I couldn't get it out. I'm more of a 2-3 miles in kind of guy these days.

My record is one cow with one shot in about 6 seasons of hunting. I was lucky to get a position with a group on a private ranch when one guy had to drop out. There were known stands and locations that were pointed out to us. I was in one of those long enough to get hungry and start eating a sandwich and enjoying a thermos of coffee when the cow suddenly appeared in a small clearing at 80yds. The sandwich got dropped but so did the cow.

I'm still hoping for a big Bull one of these days.