Great feedback. I appreciate it all
BY238 You took my comment of :

I am more of a wall-hanger hunter now than in years past. (It comes with age and success, if your not there yet, I hope you will be someday)

To be degrading, and i can see how it could read that way. In no way do i think i am better or have arrived at a higher level of hunting than anyone else. I encourage everyone to be proud of thier ability and successes be them large bucks, small bucks, doe, whatever. As long as it's a trophy to the guy/girl who harvested it, thats all that counts. What i actually meant by the quote was that as I grew as a hunter I have become less infatuated with the kill and enjoy the processes of hunting more than the finality of the kill. I have a son who will be hunting in the next year or so and I get to relive the growing process as he goes from his first hunt, first kill, first buck yadda yadda. I'm sure at first he will measure success and failure by whether or not he harvested anything. But I know he will grow to appreciate all the days afield.

Now for some of the other responces.
1) I think earn-a-buck leads to does being killed and a lot of the meat being discarded just to get a buck tag. This is not on a personal level against any individual. I think it's a system flaw. Don't beat me up on this, i am not accusing the moral majority but you know it happens.
2) I insure that all the meat is used by someone.
3) we do have limited tags in PA. In fact my own father did not recieve his because they were sold out.