Thanks for the reply's everyone.I was looking to see what some of your thought process's were when deciding what to kill,specifically looking to see whether or not the animals maturity had any thing to do with what you decided to kill.
Young game is more tender no doubt.I can relate to the fellow from Idaho with his comments about deer versus elk.I bet there is not a lot better eating then a calf elk but I don't know if I could bring myself to shoot one.If I thought there was some possibility they wouldn't make it through the winter then maybe.
I just wanted to know about how the challenge piece played in to it.Does the degree of challenge enter in to it at all for you,and if so to what extent?