Before I really got into hunting and trapping, I spent alot of time remote camping in the HNF. That included some serious Solo hiking. There are some giant bucks back up in those hills. I have always seemed to have luck stumbling across more than my fair share of deer and good bucks when I was quietly walking the bottoms in the morning and afternoons. They seem to use the same contours of the creek bottoms that a hiker would. I have on several occasions come a round a hill or big tree in a creek bottom and had deer standing well withing primitive bow range of me. I have also noticed that the further you get off the beaten path and roads, the more "curious" the deer are of you when you run into one. What I mean is, they tend to stay around for a few seconds more, before they decide that you are a threat.
Now, post shot and dragging it out- be prepared for quite a workout.
