Great post, Scott.

I've pretty much lived by this mantra for the last couple years, but became even more zealous about it this past year after reading Don Higgins' Hunting Trophy Whitetails in the Real World... For those interested, you can learn more about this book at http://www.higginsoutdoors.com/

Scott's post goes hand-in-hand with most of the thoughts layed out by Don in this book, and probably explains why both have some monster bucks to their credit.

My favorite line from the book, as GregH pointed out above, is that most hunters hunt sign instead of hunting deer.