I agree with you that there are a lot of big deer around and it does take a lot of HARD work (and good luck) to shoot big deer. Dedication is one thing that is very important. Of course your also going to have hunters who do all this stuff and put more time in the woods then most and still come home empty handed. Its part of hunting, but you cant get your head down. Just keep puttin in the time and effort and hopefully it will pay off