No, it just proves that big bucks can be killed with shotguns and archery gear.

The decision to kill a deer has nothing to do with the type of weapon the hunter is using, as long as the deer is within the hunter's capability with that weapon. The use of good optics will allow a hunter to judge the quality of a deer as well at 200 yds as he can at 20 yds.

I'll go out on a limb and say that a good portion of hunters can't judge the age of a buck regardless how far away he is. And another good portion of hunters don't care!

There are a whole lot of first time deer hunters that are very happy with their first spike buck.

Yes, your statement that you can't shoot a HUGE buck if you shoot him when he is a BIG buck is true IF you live in a perfect world or you are hunting in a high fenced property. Not all hunters are trophy hunters. Not all bucks are killed by hunters.

Not a deer story, but there are some hayfields across the road below my house. The landowners don't allow any hunting there. For several weeks last fall I had been watching 8-10 elk, including a pretty good 5x5 bull feeding in those fields.

Then one day I saw those elk feeding across the hill behind my house. They were on my land, I had an elk license in my pocket, and I can and have killed elk there in previous years. I have killed a pile of elk in the past, I have two big bulls mounted on my wall, and both of my freezers were full, so I decided not to shoot that bull.

Three days later I was driving in to town and there was that bull again, lying on the side of the road with magpies feeding on him.

Good luck on convincing all of the other deer hunters in the world that they should only kill B&C monster bucks, and good luck convicing me and the other experienced hunters on this forum that the key to growing huge bucks is not to hunt with a rifle.