Just make sure you do what makes you happy. There are some really great hunters here who set high standards for themselves and I truly admire that but for alot of guys a deer of any kind is a true trophy.
I trying to improve but some seasons I am lucky to see more than a few deer so I hesitate in being over selective. I have ligitimate passes on three deer of that calibur this seasonand let them walkBUT that does not mean they should make the same mistake again.
There is something very special about counting coup on a buck without releasing an arrow but I'm not really sure I'm gonna make a habit out of it.
One of my biggest mistakes was learning how to score a deer in the first place. For me success can't be measured by a score or anyone elses standards.
I know FIRST hand of a fellow forum member who shot a small buck last year and did not enter it in the contest because it did not measure up to "standards". Very Very Sad...
