I agree that some places are definitely easy to kill "a" deer. Buck or doe. I have a couple places like that. However I do enjoy hunting them, and will continue to. I just don't choose to kill"a" deer. I hold out for the deer I am looking for. Where I hunt, a mature buck is rare, and even at 4.5, 99% of the time won't gross 120". They just don't get that big here. BUT...I still hold out, that is the challenge I have given myself. I don't complain that it would be too easy to kill "a" deer. I actually enjoy hunting spots like that. Passing the deer up over the years has probably taught me more than anything about hunting. Plus, honestly it's nice to actually see deer on a regular basis. I feel for the guys that hunt for days, just to see a glimpse of one. I'm not sure how I would handle hunting places like that. Now don't get me wrong, I don't hunt a pet-a-pet like some guys I know, but we do have decent herds where I hunt.

But I guess to reply directly to your question, YES, I definitely agree....some places are MUCH easier to kill deer. In fact some places are much easier to kill bigger deer, strictly because there are many more around. I know guys that have numerous big deer mounted on their walls, and theyhardly know how to hunt. They climb the same stand every opening day of rifle, and shoot a big one at 150yds....simply because they are in an excellent spot, with alot of bigger deer around. However, in those spots...the deer they are shooting are usually not the best deer by any means. Just bigger younger deer. If they had to hold out for a mature deer, I doubt they'd have much luck.

I guess it comes down to personal preference. I enjoy the challenge of hunting for "the" deer, not "a" deer. I personally won't shoot a young buck, so I continue to hold out for a mature buck...regardless of where I am hunting. If I had property in IL, Iowa, etc...I would probably be holding out for a whopper each season (of course after I whacked a couple 130's to get it out of my system ). Around here, if I connect with a 110" buck, that is an excellent deer for my area, regardless of how I got it.