I totally agree with you guys. Most of us (including me) have shot deer that we shouldn't have, or wouldn’t shoot again, would probably be more accurate. Most times new hunters do this before they learn about the deer/herd, and learn to enjoy the hunt. Then before they really understand what they're learning they still pop off a few. After a short time, they don't enjoy simply shooting whatever passes in front of them. After all, once you shoot one the hunt is many times over, and that is the fun part. I don't really feel like ending my hunt because of a deer I'd rather not shoot. I’m still picturing the big boy coming out from around the corner at any moment, I mean, I know he’s here somewhere… So we change our goals and our actions. Then the others make statements about excuses... and many times that is what they are. But lets not miss the big picture either. Sure we wanted the big boy, and he didn’t show… failure I guess, but not as much a failure as killing a young buck and feeling guilty about it.

Anyone can go out and kill whatever crosses their path, that's easy. It's the holding out and truly challenging yourself that is hard, but also worth it.

Besides, if it were easy, they’d call it killing; not hunting, and we’d all grow tired of it. Probably, pretty quickly…