Would I like to shoot a big racked buck? Absolutely. Does rack size define quality hunting? Absolutely not. We have restrictions here in MO and it ticks me off. Let me first say I am NOT against anyone who has self imposed limits on what they will or won't shoot.....More power to you.

I could go on for days, but I'll keep this as brief as possible. I talked w/ a deer biologist the other day, and we kind of cornered him, saying the heard wasn't what they say it is.....He hum hawed around a bit, then agreed saying there wasn't the population they say there is. They imposed those restrictions as a method of taking more does to keep the pop. in check. Things don't make sense here. In somecounties with the restrictions, you can only shoot 1 doe???? Why is that I wonder if the idea was to shoot MORE does???????? Know what it is? We figured it out, and he "kind of" admited it.....Insurance companies are putting pressure on them because of the deer/vehicle collisions. Can you believe this stuff??? An insurance company is dictating OUR deer herd!!!! [:@] Don't know why I'm surprised, they dictate most anything anyway....

Like I said, I could go on for days but personally, I don't define a quality hunt by how many racks I see over 140"......Though I wouldn't qualify that as a poor quality hunt either...[&:]