RE: "Success rate" on "mature" bucks
i have been bow hunting for 11 years and have killed 8 3.5 yr olds and older with bow....and like you said i have passed up some mature bucks with bow also
i have deer hunted for 15 years and have killed 15 mauture 3.5 yr olds and older...total all weapons combined (Bow/shotgun/muzzleloader)