The odds are long against a newbie bowhunter taking a book animal. Hell, the odds are against the vast majority of bowhunters ever taking a book animal. That's why they came up with the books to start with. The animals in there are extraordinary! Take all the deer ever entered in the books, add 'em all together and they'd make up only a tiny portion of any deer hunting state's annual harvest.

So, I have to agree with your dad. [&:]