I am at the other "end" of killing big bucks. I used to gun hunt and it got boring. You could shoot a deer about as for as you could see it. It was not an accomplishment to me anymore. I got in to bow hunting in 1990 and starting shooting anything to gain confidence.5 years agoI bought 135 acres and began QDM.Big bucks are usually much harder to kill with a bow. I want big bucks on my property to hunt so "I have to let them go so they will grow." I could kill a deer everytime I hunton my farm. Ilet a 140"+ go last year at 27 yards. I drew on him and held for about a minute and decided to let him go so maybe this year, he will be bigger. It is my standard of accomplishment to kill a big buck with my bow that drives me to hunt. Big bucks are what gets my heart pumping!