I agree with the fact that you brought up about Bill Jordan and those TV people. Every time you turn on the TV they say "Today we are going hunting for Whitetail in Kansas, or Ohio, or Illinois." I have never once seen a show where they were hunting around the area where I hunt. I wonder why? I would love to have them guys go out with me everytime I hunt just to see how great of hunters they actually are. The situations they are in make them great hunters, not their abilities. I could put them on my land and give them five years to do what they wish, and their chances of taking a mature buck are about as good as mine are right now, if they were given the same resources I have available to me. I am not complaining, because I love being in the woods, and I love seeing deer. Would I like to shoot a B&C buck? You better believe it. Would it make me the greatest hunter in the county? I doubt it.

I believe it is Germs signature that says something along the lines of "I am not a lucky hunter, I just put myself in situations to get lucky." That proves my point that not everyone has the same "situation" as others.

This was my second season to hunt and I shot a 2.5 year old 8 point with my bow. That was my first bow kill and you better believe I am very proud of it. However my step brother and I have decided to start some QDM of our own to see if we can increase the quality of the herd. I don't know if it will make a difference but we are going to try. Our land hasn't had but 2 bucks taken off of it in about 20 years and neither of us have seen a mature buck. So maybe we can change that by trying to keep some of the smaller ones around. But with road kills, poachers, and hunters from neighboring land it may be difficult.