RE: "Better" deer = More remorse??
I took my oldest deer ever this year. The MDFW guy said he was 6.5 and maybe 7.5 years old. The guy who aged it is the same guy who makes up the jaw boards for the division and said it gets tougher to tell when they get that old and have so little tooth left.
I actually found myself thinking where I was when that buck was a BB, 2nd year ect. It is bittersweet. This deer not only survived a whole bunch of deer seasons but some pretty rough winters as well and I have probably killed a couple of his offspring. Prior to our meeting on 11/08I had never seen him.
PS.. Not the best tasting deer but probably the toughest. 200lbs of stew meat!!