Wolfen,

I hear ya and your right. I feel it' s harder to take a mature matriarch doe than it is to take a 1.5 year old buck sporting good antlers...at times, I feel these young deer are just plain stupid....I' ve seen them do some stupid things for sure and I' ve never seen an old seasoned doe do stupid things, she' s very purposeful, much like a veterern mature buck. Tho I won' t criticize someone for taking a 4 pt, I sometimes wonder why they don' t wait and I' ll congratulate each and every person who chooses to do so, via lack of time, first timers or whatever....like I mentioned, I always try to out do last years animal and that sets a standard....like last year, I passed up some very nice animals just because they didn' t beat my 2001 animal...it was hard and I didn' t take a buck last year....that doesn' t bother me, I' m hoping all the ones I passed have another year of antler growth.

If someone burns a tag on the first buck they see, they' ll never have the what if opportunity of that once in a lifetime buck coming by the next time they hunt....that for sure is a garuantee.....you have be in the tree in order to harvest a mature animal and if we tag out on a small one, we won' t have the opportunity.

That being said, if someone takes a 4 pt, wants to post a pic and tell us the story....I' ll be the first one to congratulate that person, eargerly read the story and enjoy the pic......under the understandment it' s a good quality field shot....MATT, where are you with the quality photo thread.