Two years...My first year I missed my"trophy spike" at 25 yard, when buck fever and a knocked over rear sight(found out after) left my Dad thinking I had an automatic instead of a lever gun

But it wasn't the text book hunt...I had fell asleep while we were heading to the next spot...I awoke in time to let Dad know that he was about to run over a deer...So he hollered shoot it..we stopped,got out loaded up, and popped him at about 15 yards...my trophy spike was mine. Pop said he had to gut him for me cuz a kid actin' like that was gonna cut himself all up

That was 21 years ago this year and I still have the little antlers around somewhere[8D]