I like trying new stuff. Deer with dogs and buckshot is on my bucket list

when I started we even knew how long it took to get in positions and everyone wore a watch , we had go time decided , if you heard a bunch of shooting as the standers were going in you waited another 10 minutes then went.
if you shot them going in you had 10 minutes to put it down or mark the blood trail with your hat or glove then you got in position for the stand.
later we got a radio to tell drivers GO, then the drivers have hand/arm signals to tell them go , line back up , hold

drivers were lined up given a compass bearing and expected to keep pace and in a line which is why we like to be line up so you can at least occasionally see the driver to each side , which we have a much slower pace than most groups 3-4 steps pause look listen, repeat , we are almost stalking on the drive which is why it is almost 50/50 on who gets the deer drivers or standers and also it helps that they are just walking away and not on a hard run.
line back up at fire breaks and everyone goes again at the same time.

drives have names and you learned the names and the different points to stand them off the last stander had to be the experienced one he put everyone else in their position and told them their field of fire.
things were almost always stood off at the top or bottom of a hill so the deer were coming down the hill at you and you were shooting into the hill you never shot over a hill only into it or you were shooting down the hill into the ground.

Ok…now that I’ve read some more of these comments I understand it better. Sorta like trapping, everyones geography is different.
Y’all have the more open, see forever, type terrain. Here on a drive, that deer pops out at 50 yards or less and a shotgun with 00Buck does a number on them…no need for a rifle.
I just know hunting from a stand in plantation style pines you can see a lot farther than you can shoot. And if you shoot and don’t drop it, you better have that spot marked real good. Looking from ground level it looks like you could see a deer for forever, truth is a deer could be 30 yards from you and you’d never see it. Or at least not see vitals. But if you shoot you better pick a prominent landmark to check for blood or the deer.

very much a you have to organize for your terrain
also like to shoot them to the ground remind new guys just because 3 deer are coming at you don't try for all of them you need to pick one and stay on it till it is for sure done
for years guys in our party only took neck shots
just in front of or on the scapula with a slug anchors them, some times they need to be finished but when you take out the spine progress stops

we are required 50% of our upper body orange everyone in our party goes 100% with orange hat , and some even wear orange pants it really increases how far you can see people.