I think its because the scouts are often stringy and tough and have damn little meat on them and are hardly worth the effort of shootin' them. Then when ya' gotta' go through all that tagging and field dressing, not to mention the bleeding and skinning.......Hell Larry, you're a LOT better off with a deer. Now if you can get a troop of really fat scouts ... well THEN ya' got somethin'. Not a lot of great meat, but the slab bacon you can get is pretty good. If you got a smokehouse, you're all set!!! Keeps well and makes great beans too!!!

Spaw