I've hunted Sitka with an SKS, don't get me wrong. Love the Queen Charlottes. An out of the crate SKS with cheap ammo shoots dinner plate sized groups and the Sitka are the size of dogs is all.
I know the deer you speak of , yummy little haidai gwaii deer.
Most of our shots are 20 yards and less, no need to take longer shots when there's so many deer hehehe
Fun times. I got invited to ride in the Rokon side car with a group of sea lion hunters this year but couldn't make the trip.
Anyhow, I think my first post , where I refer to using a decently grouping sks "and" if the hunter is a practiced good shot...
Well, enuff of that, got no more thoughts left on that one.