Somehow I dont' see this thread as being pinned to the top as an "annual thread"[:-]

* I'll just say that I practice (and am very fanatical about) QDM on the land that I hunt. I am fortunate enough to have enough land and the neighboring parties around me play by the same rules. However, I find it absolutely astonishing for people from one end of the country to be telling people from the other end of the country how they should hunt and what they should be shooting. You can sit there and tell a hunter they should hold out for a 140+" buck or pass? What if circumstances make it impossible for a hunter to never see anything more than a 100" buck? They shouldn't shoot a buck their whole lives bowhunting? It GREATLY depends on your situation and if you can grow enough big bucks in the area you hunt. I've been on both sides of the coin.