When I was a young hunter, I'd shoot anything that came by. As I've gotten older and killed many deer, I've gotten selective. I've got two whitetails mounted. The first one I ever shot (a basket rack 8 point), and a nice ten point that I shot last year. I've killed many other good bucks that were just a little smaller than that 10 I killed last year, but I haven't gotten any of them mounted. Since about 2 seasons ago I just kind ofgot it in my mind thatI wasn'tgoing to shoot a buck unless it's one that I'd get mounted. I know some wouldn't agree with that mentality, but that's just the way I feel and I wouldn't condemn anybody for having a different view about it. If I want meat for the freezer, I'll shoot a doe, which I did earlier this year. I've yet to kill a buck but I've counted coupe on 20 different smaller, young bucks. I know that I could have taken the majority of them in my own mind, but I'm holding out for an old, mature, heavy racked buck. I have a lease with a few other family members and weall try to be selective with what we shoot. A couple of the others on the lease have killed very few deer so if they choose to shoot a buck that's smaller and one that they woudn't get mounted it's totally fine with me. I've found that most of my friends and family that have been hunting for awhile and have taken many deer seem to get more selective with the size of bucks they kill.