RE: "Success rate" on "mature" bucks
I am 0/15. I have arrowed a 6 point, 2-7 pointers and an 8 pointer in the last 5 years of bowhunting. In the beginning years of my hunting, I had noone to teach me anything. I literally just read what I could, then put it into practice on the ground. I failed so many times. I have shot nub bucks through 2.5 year old 8 pointers, but never a "mature" buck. I have probably seen only 10 mature bucks in 15 years of hunting.