Right now I say I want to shoot a buck of X inches. But the reality of a hunting situation is that I may mess up. If the deer looks big, I’m not going to be worried about adding inches in my head. If I mis-judge it, oh well. I’m not going to beat myself up unless I really blow it. The toughest part will be if I am faced with a ‘tweener’ and I’ll cross that bridge when I get there. I’m going to try not to shoot a 2.5, but I can’t guarantee that. I saw a rack & corresponding jaw bone from a 2.5 yr old buck at an expo this weekend, and had he walked by me, he’d have gotten an arrow sent his way. Great mass & beams & shocked me pretty good to see him only a 2.5.