It is really unfortunate that not all of us have the means to hunt trophy whitetails. Some of us lack the place to hunt. Some of us lack the $$$ to pay for a guided hunt. I am pretty lucky. The rifle hunters here out number archery hunters by a large margin. Most of the season I have a few pieces of public land all to myself with the exception of some bird hunters. I also have some in-laws that only rifle hunt. They let me bow hunt on their land. Again, all by myself. As far as taking a trophy, I consider all my deer trophies. Will I ever be able to harvest a " world class" deer on any of the land? Probably not. I don' t mind. I just love the hunt.