First of all, I live in the MidWest. 2 years ago, I had 2 encounters with a buck durring archery season,and I told my wife that he was huge, biggest buck I had ever seen around here. 2 weeks later during gun season, I got him with my gun, but I didnt find him until the next day. I was beside myself that night, didnt sleep at all. When I finally found him, I was so excited because I thought he was so big, (and I still do think he is huge) when I finally got to put a tape to him, he scored 118". I have never been more happy about getting a buck as I was that day. And I wil get to see him every day from here on out, because he is on my living room wall.Well, maybe my first buck with my bow tops that one, he scored 87". I refuse to let someone else dictate what I shoot.