Thats a good question. Last season I had an encounter/trail cam pics of a nice buck that would probably go 135". I guess I 'targeted' him and specifically hunted for him as I gameplanned and tried to stump the big boy. But, ironically, I was hunting an area wherehe could show himself and a heavy 8 pointer presented a shot. I toook him and didnt feel sold out at all. I think if you feel sold out then its kinda disrespectful to the animal. You should feel gratefull and blessed to take that animal (any animal for that matter) and feelin' bad for not taken that 'specific' deer would do an injustice to the deer you just harvested.

I TARGET JUST BIGGER BUCKS NOT A SINGLE DEER, AND I WILL STICK A SQUIRRELL OR RABBIT WITH A JUDO POOINT

I am only to the point that I am targeting a certain caliber of deer that meets my pre-set standards. If I were to target specific deer I would have to target a couple of different ones in different locations, because I have a lot of little spots, as opposed to 1 or 2 big spots.

Now, if I have set my standards and shoot something below those standards I wouldfeel that I have let myself down, but I haven't done that yet, so I've been fortunate.

I once spent the late half of one season and the following season after a certain buck. I've said before some of the ones I let walk during that season and a half still make me shake my head. At the time it was the right thing to do. Hindsight is always easy. To this day I have not seen that certain buck again after a couple glimpses in that second year. I would imagine by now he has moved on to the biologic filed in the sky. I doubt he was taken by hunter or car/vehicle accident, he was of the caliber that the story would have circulated..

I don't know if I'll get the personally involved again in one buck. It was work, However if I get game cam pics of that piebald in the summer..I'll leave my options open.

You have to do what makes you happy. If you target a buck and another deer comes along that you would be happy burning your tag on then shoot. If not let him go. I don't NEED to kill a deer to have a good season. Even toward the end of season if a smaller buck walks by I let him go. I just tell myself that I will have that buck to hunt in a year or 2. Then I take my frustations out on some poor defenseless does.