I feel your pain. I have had seven hunts ruined this year. Three pheasant hunters, one duck hunter, one couple out for a hike, one bungling bow hunter, and one guy checking trail cams. I expect there will be an army of scouters out getting ready for gun season this weekend so my total should climb.
If all you really are worried about is pigtails then just splice in some 80lb braid using an improved Albright Knot connection to wire so all the wire is reeled onto the reel during storage.
I just bore witness to a huge 150” class buck get nailed in the hind quarter by a police cruiser behind the Walden Galleria Mall in Buffalo. Cruising buck at 63 degree weather wtf.
I use doe in estrous but not as most do. I use it as a nose jammer on my down wind side. I want deer to gently spook from doe scent rather than know a human is there.
I showed my brother yesterday on a map, a good pinch point to scout on state land. With wind and rain in forecast he decided to leave his climber home and use today as a scouting mission. Luckily he took his bow. After confirming my suspicions about the area with many deer trails and scrapes, my brother sat down on a log to text me excitedly. In mid-text, a ten pointer walks by him, glances twice at him then continues on to check his scrape. My brother arrowed him at 8 yards. He is a 6x4.