if your neighbor walked out and sat in a random tree with no idea if he would see a buck, and shot the new world record ten minutes into his hunt do you think that makes him a better hunter?
you cant measure a hunters skill level by the inches of antler on top of a whitetail, every deer is a trophy and being able to locate, setup, and harvest one is an accomplishment and also luck will always play a roll on every hunt
many hunters who have never harvested a buck bigger then a spike that shoot a 160" buck is now in his mind the expert hunter and will tell you so
you show me a hunter that does nothing but go around bragging about his monster bucks in hunting camp and ill tell you who i WILL NOT ask for hunting advice from...typically the guys who really know there stuff will keep quiet and just sit back