I' m new to this board, first post actually. I just wanted to weigh in. I respect P&Y and their rules. It is their choice as a private club to make up any rules they see fit. I do have several animals that will easily qualify that I have not entered and probably will not enter. To me it is just not that important for Joe Blow in Timbuktu America to know that I have taken some good animals.

My personal opinion on 65% vs. 70% or 80% is that in the grand scheme of things it really doesn' t matter. The hardest part about killing a mature whitetail that will make that type of grade in a fair chase situation is finding him, patterning him and setting up to intercept him. All that high let-off is not a big advantage to the majority of bowhunters trying to harvest a 125" + buck. Sure it is handy for holding back longer but it is not the biggest advantage out there.

The main reason that bigger bucks are killed each year than the previous year is not technology related. It is that now more than ever there are more big bucks to find due to quality management programs by states and private landowners and naturally you will have higher numbers of bucks killed due to larger herds ever expanding into more urban areas where bow hunting is the only method allowed.

When I first started bowhunting several years ago my state had about 500,00 whitetails. Now 15 years later we are at the 1,000,000 mark and rising. Naturally when you double your numbers the amount of bigger bucks killed rises. Just simple mathematics not technology.

I do think that the P&Y Club would be doing themselves a service if they raised the minimum to say 140 from the current 125. With todays QDM practices, hi-protein food plots etc. the 125' s are just too common and therefore reduces the novelty that a 125 buck used to bring.

My personal trophy book " HOSSFLY' s BIG RED BOOK OF TROPHIES" is all I need but I don' t and won' t hold it against anyone that believes in the p&y system and wants to follow those rules and enter their trophy there.