Soda,
If you are in the Owyhees you ought to know how to spell it. I suggest you spend more time in class at Marsing High School and less time fantasizing about your hunting trip up Reynolds Creek.
Owyhee is the original spelling of Hawaii by Capt. Cook. The county got its name from a group of Hawaiians going into the mountains seeking their fortune and no trace was ever found of them.
Cook's spelling was used to pay tribute to Cook and the lost explorers.
Reynolds is a great place to get a two-pointer, but during deer season it is unlikely you'll be out of earshot of another ATV. You'll hear them buzzing around all day long. That may be why F&G will have a checkpoint set up along the road out.
You won't get a trophy and you won't get attacked by a lion.
Aside from that, please explain how it is that you would carry a rifle with the chamber empty, but a sidearm cocked and locked. And how you can drop your rifle, draw, aim and fire a pistol faster than racking a round into the chamber of the rifle that is already in your hands.
Lemme see, I'm gonna toss the rifle I'm carrying, scope and all, into the rocks so I can quick draw my sidearm!
I carry my rifle with the chamber empty because:
A: I don't trust the safety.
B: I want to scare any deer away with the noise of racking my rifle.
C: I'm driving around on an ATV and want to carry my rifle, but things shake, rattle and roll and the safety might slip off as I off road.
D: I'm dumb as a rock and want to show off my fast draw.
There won't be a single cat willing to show its face in Reynolds during the deer hunt. There will be far too many ATVs and far too many people rapid firing to try and chase down a forker for cats to think of you as lunch.
If you want a deer, go to the canyons on either side of Reynolds. Go a good way uphill on the side away from Reynolds. Set up a blind two weeks ahead of time. Go to it two days before the season opens and make a cold camp. Be in the blind two hours before dawn on opening day.
If you get et by a lion, you deserve it.
If you come home empty handed you deserve that too.
If you come home with a fork-horn, well, you did as well as a lot of other lazy hunters.