I enjoyed your thoughts and agree with much you wrote.

Abuck I field judge as 140 class (gross score) is what it takes for me to want to take the shot.... Although this is not a "top end buck" for my area, it is plenty enough to trip my trigger.....

Top tier for my area is 160+... They do get bigger however, much bigger in some instances but are ratherrare.

Top end bucks are usually 4.5 + years old here.