I pass up bucks and does all the time. It just depends on what I am after. If I want a nice big mature doe, I will wait until one presents itself and let the younger ones pass. I also pass a lot of bucks because of the places I hunt having deer management programs. If I come back dragging a small 8 or even a big 6, I will never hear the end of it. I let many bucks walk right on by this year because they didn't measure up.

To me, it is just as much of a hunt to be invisible enough to have them walk right under my stand and have no clue that I am there, as it is shooting them. The most exciting time I had this last season was when I had a doe walk right up under me, stand there looking at me, then stomping, then looking at me again over and over for almost 10 minutes. She had a nice 7 point buck about 10-15 yards behind her watching the whole thing, and he had no clue that I was there. They finally both walked away, unafraid. That was very exciting, and it made me feel like a better hunter knowing that I was invisible and scent free enough to have that happen. It was a better experience than any of the 4 deer I shot this year.