That depends on what your goal is. If you just want to fill the freezer as quick as possibile than I would say its not that great. If your goal is to bag a real nice buck, your chances are alot better than years past. In the 36years I was hunting I never seen a 150 class buck dead in the back of a pickup taken localy untill after ARs. the last several years I know of at least one person who took a buck in the 120-150 range. I'am not going to say they never existed before AR because they did. All I'am saying is I never seen deer this size range taken around here before AR. If they were they were very very few and far in between.