I love to hunt. Most often if I were to shoot the first legal deer that I got in my sights, I would be done hunting very soon. I would be a "successful" hunter but not a happy one because my deer hunting would be over for the year.

So I tell myself I am not going to even think about shooting a doe till the last day or so of the season. I am not at all interested in shooting a small or medium sized buck. (I'd rather shoot a doe for some venison as the smaller bucks will grow up to be big bucks)

Then it boils down to "What size of buck will I be happy putting my tag on and ending my season?" That is where record books come in. I have desided that I will wait for a monster, wallhanger, record book type deer.

Some years I don't shoot any buck. But I have killed two B&C bucks with centerfire rifles and two Longhunter record book bucks with my muzzleloader. And best of all I have spent many many days afield hunting deer.

Robin