I haven't hunted a full season where I've been skunked on bucks. I startedDEERhunting on (I think) Oct. 17th of 2005. I took an ill-advised shot at a doe, that year.....on the closer....that I regret taking (clean miss - and my only attempt at a deer, that year). I never came to full draw on a buck, in those 30 or so hunts, that fall.

Since then.....I've taken 5 bucks (3 in '06 and 2 in '07). I see my shooting a buck every season screeching to a halt in the near future, though....as my standards evolve.