RE: Your thoughts.. be honest..
I'm not jealous of the "rookie" that goes out and kills a P&Y buck. I haven't, and I've been deer hunting thirty five years in an area that isn't known for producing big bucks. Deer hunting is about other things to me.
The "rookie" that kills that P&Y buck will probably spend the rest of his/her life trying to out do that buck. I have a friend like that, that is frustrated because he can't do any better than a buck he killed several years ago.