this is my first buck with my bow that i shot like 2 or 3 years ago.

finally got the pics on the computer and into photobucket. still working on getting all the other pics onto photobucket from years past and this year.

i refuse to shoot anything smaller than this, while everyone else on the property and surrounding areas live and die by the "if its brown its down" philosophy.

i have personal goals and i would rather shoot nothing than shoot a little one. i get beat up on since i havent shot anything but does since i shot this buck. do u people find that the people u hunt with support and respect your decisions to shoot deer of a certain caliber or do they continue to shoot spikes and does, etc and then give you a hard time?

have u ever converted any of them from the dark side, to shooting for higher goals?

and do u find that its worth it, the tradeoff of shooting a nicer buck vs. shooting a buck every year?

just drop in your $.02

not lookin to start any fights, just wondering. this can be a touchy subject i know.