I guess I've always hunted from the position that you're in now. It's all venison in the freezer, and if it's got antlers so be it.

A week and a half ago I decided to take a little doe for the freezer. When I decided to try for her my heart got POUNDING and my hands started to sweat...from just a little doe. She was about 12" of draw from catching an arrow when I spotted a BIG buck coming in behind her.

By the time I decided to try for the buck, my heart-rate was back to normal, and I'd calmed down a bit. Best yet, I was already in position for him...thanks to that little doe I wanted to shoot. I ended up taking that buck, who turned out to be the biggest one of my life, and well above P&Y minimum score.

Moral of the story...had I not been trying to take that doe, I'd have never gotten the buck. Being a "meat hunter" paid off, in spades.

JRW