In Indiana, deer hunting with a 30-06 lands you in a heep of trouble. I love my muzzleloader, it is real accurate, but I have had the same trouble reloading for a second deer (only managed to do it once without spooking the herd). If I was quicker in moving stands when I saw the bucks crossing a field a quarter mile off, I'd have gotten up the tree soon enough to get the larger buck, but the one I got was a dandy even if he was behind the bigger one. Habitat development has been the key for me.