Okay, here' s my two cents. I' ve been hunting since I was about 12. I could hunt well, and I learned from experts, but I will say that the first buck I shot was with a muzzleloader when I was 19 years old- a 115 lb. 7 point. It wasn' t a huge buck, but it was my buck.
Yesterday, I took another deer much like it with a muzzleloader, my second buck at age 21. I never see bucks, and I am dang proud of the buck I got yesterday. It' s nobody' s business whether I let him go or not. The bucks we get on our 40 acres are usually passing by, and you take ' em or you don' t get a buck. I had a buck tag, and wasn' t about to spend another $20 on a doe tag, so I took the first buck I saw. I' m also gonna take another buck like this with my bow or rifle if I get the chance, too. I' m going to eat it, and I' m going to enjoy it, and I' m not going to give it another thought. I' m also not going to assume I did it because I' m uneducated. I did it because I wanted a buck, and I got one.
It' s not an uneducated thing to do. I don' t hunt for my ego. I hunt because I love to, believe it or not, hunt game. My buck I shot yesterday is a trophy to me, and I am glad I took him!