ORIGINAL: crokit
In most cases' count on missing out on the buck of your dreams then. All things being equal, I don't care how great of a hunter some people here like to think themselves as, bottom line, it's the right place at the right time, and the more time you spend in the woods, the better chance of that happening.
I've only shot 2 bucks in my life, so I have a lot of time and opportunity ahead of me (I hope) to improve my results.
first one was a spike (4 years ago?) second one, last year, was a WIDE but still young 4x4.5... I have 3 deer to shoot this year (thankfully), so I'll probably shoot a couple of does while if the big-guy doesn't show... deer hunting isn't about BIG BUCKS for me, its about quite, solitude, nature, and maybe a little about big bucks!!!