RE: numbers and stats.......
I had check tags from the first 20 or so... then I became a teenager and stopped keeping complete score. I did a talley... looked at the various club records I hunt with... and by my tenth year hunting I'd already broken the 50 deer mark... granted... these are almost all does... and with a firearm.
I started keeping track again (just on # of deer per season) when I started bow hunting... stopped three years ago... mostlly because I was just on the deer and whacked so damn many I stopped caring... but its up around 50-60 with JUST the bow. And at least another 30 hogs or so with just the bow.
Doesn't mean anything other than I used to eat pretty good everynight... haven't shot the first one this year.