My personal standards (I judge myself against noone) have slowly changed over the years from just shooting my first buck, to shooting for 4-5 pointers, to shooting 6-8 pointers, and now I am gradually seeking my first 3.5 year old buck (never have shot a mature buck). This change has occured over the course of the last 17 hunting seasons. My desire is to shoot a mature buck if possible, if not at least a respectable 7 point or above. I am sort of glad I didn't come blazing out of the gates in my hunting "career", seeking Pope and Young Bucks or bust my first season, and passing "little" bucks because everyone else was a trophy hunter. In fact, only a handful of those bucks exist where I hunt.