I lurk here often, it seems it can be hard to get a word in edgewise. So, I'll start my on thread with a question I haven't seen here yet.

What would you consider to be a once in a lifetime buck. If you had ten guys, who hunted their whole lives, what would be the score if you averaged the largest deer each had taken. Or if you missed an opportunity at a buck, how big would he have to be so that you could say, I'll never get another chance at one that big.

In my area, to be realistic, I think 165-170 would be close. I have dreams of that 200 inch buck, but our state record is around 195. Although people now are getting pickier, and letting them grow up more, so that may change.

I am fortunate to have gotten two 'once in a lifetime' bucks, and in back to back years, and with a bow.