I would have to consider myself an unsuccessful mature buck hunter!

I’ve gotten some nice bucks in my time, but not any big daddy’s. I’ve only ever seen two monsters in the woods while hunting.
The first I only saw once and elected to not take a shot, since I didn’t have a good one, he was across the property line, would have been illegal and my son was with me…

The second was this year. I saw him four times and never got a shot at him.

I’ve been hunting for probably 20 years, but only seriously for about five or six.