I think it all "clicked" for me when i killed my first mature buck. I just got lucky and caught him chasing does late one November morning. From that day on i started spending as much time as possible in the woods and reading every magazine and talking to everyone i know about hunting trying to learn as much as i could about these mature deer, and i found that it is possible to harvest one of these bruisers every year. Nothing tops experience though in my opinion. Over the few following years i hunted hard and hunted smart and learned so much! Hell, im sure i have a lot to learn still. I basically was addicted from the moment i killed my frist big one!