ORIGINAL: deadstick

In followup to the conversation on more vs. big bucks for this contest. My personal goal is a 140" + buck. However, late in the season I'll take a 120" buck.

Everyone's hunting areas have different deer densities, different quality of deer, etc... If I don't have a shot at what is a decent buck for my area, I'll be using my bow tag on a doe. Hopefully it won't come to that, but I'm not going to take a 1 year old 4x4 out of the herd that could grow into something special so that I can enter 60" or so in this contest.

Saying that, I fully realize that some are hunting public lands with high pressure and in your area, any buck is a "shooter" and if you let a young buck go, the only thing you're doing is ensuring that the next guy gets a shot. But, for where I hunt, that isn't the case, and hopefully I won't hurt the team with this way of thinking as I'm fully planning on putting my tag around bone, not through an ear.