For the record this thread has nothing to do with antler size, it's about location
This thread is correct and a good one
Personally I don't look at inches.. that's called vanity. When a whitetail reaches 3 or 4+ yrs. of age he's now in a different class and experience. He's "smarter" so to speak. Whether he has 50" of antler or 150" of antler he is still a mature whitetail and I will never dismiss a whitetail taken by any hunter of this caliber.
Inches do not make experience and brilliance. Age is the ultimate judge.
Nor does Atlasman's thread, even though I agree with it
This thread is about not whining about where one hunts, that is it[8D]
Buckeye's point has been made, some just don't know it.
As soon as location is brought up, "Inches" is brought up. So we can all talk about "vanity" vs "mature", but that all it is, talk. Where the metal meets the road is when it really happens.
Anybody going to shoot a 150'' 8 year old deer, if a 5 year old 180 is standing right next to it
We have similar isssue here in MI, everybody is worried about what everybody else is doing. Makes people "justify" what they are doing, and excuses for what they are not. Good lord, LOL