I have hunted here in maine all my life as well being born and raised here.. I to had a hard time gettiong beyond that small buck at first. I have shot 3 big bucks since then however. By big i mean over the 200 lb mark and not so much as the rack size. Alot of deer here do not carry those monster racks that alot of southern deer have . It can be difficult to say the least about it. The last 2 seasons I have had to work most of them so I never really got into it like I wanted to. But they are here and just a lot harder to find and that is why we call it hunting up here..