Yes Ryan,I would definitely hold out for bigger if I believed I would have a legitimate opportunity to kill a buck of the size you described in your example.As it is now I kill a buck at home on average every two years in the 100 inch range,and I devote a pretty significant amount of time to it,scouting as well as hunting.If I could accomplish the same type of averages on bucks that were 20 to 30 inches bigger that would be completley fine with me.

Absolutely!

no, I'd still shoot the 100" deer. I haven't shot a 100" deer yet so it would be a step up and I have 2 tags.

I am allowed to shoot up to 6 bucks a year, so yes i would hold out alittle bit for a bigger deer. That being said, a 115 inch deer walks by my stand and he is getting show.

Now if i only had one tag, i would have to have a very good feeling that the larger class deer was spending alot of time in my area before i passed on a slightly smaller one.

It really depends on what part of the season you are talking about (hunting). During the first couple weeks (archery) I would set my standards pretty high, especially if I knew there was a P&Y (higher than 130") running around.

Towards the opening of muzzleload season I would hunt more for the meat, but still watch out for the rut action. When firearm (Dog) season comes I would shoot anything older than a year, because it is just a matter of time before he/she ends up in someone elses truck.

My land is covered on 3 sides by hunt club land. What I see one day, its days are numbered. The club on one side of me killed 97 deer (buck and doe) last year on 600 acres with dogs. I know for a fact that two buttons I let walk last year were taken 2 weks after watching them under my stand for 30 minutes.

QDM is bullcrap when shotgun/dog season comes in! My chance is during archery or muzzleloader only...other than the deer their dogs run onto my property during shotgun season.

This is contradictory. If it was inevitable that all the young deer would be shot, you could never start out the season holding out for a nice buck, because it would already have been killed the previous year.

My standards will never change, because they are always changingSeriously, my only standards are if I see a buck and I want to shoot him at that time, then I will do my best to do that. This generally means older, larger bucks, but sometimes (like my first out of state buck) it is just about the experience more than the rack.

Well to be honest, my standards wouldn't change at all. I'm lucky enough to hunt areas where a P&Y caliber deer is not uncommon, in fact there spotted quite often. I still "hunt for the moment" in that if I see a nice deer in range and I like the look of the deer regardless of it's overall inches I'll probably still take the shop KNOWING full well there might be a big ole slammer 5min. in my future. I just don't care, I'm happy hunting and if I've decided to take the shot, I'm 100% satisfied with what I'm assuming the end result will be.....dead deer.

That being said there have been times where I've had my mind set on a particular deer and have passed on some pretty decent bucks in order to get a shot at the one I was after. This is not the norm for me as usually any nice looking 8-point is going to get a arrow, slug, or bullet heading it's way!

15 yard penalty for spelling QDM wrongand 25 yds for distorting what QDM is about[8D]

Rybo IMO no one can answer this question until it happens. Oct first the see a 140'' buck, Oct second they have a 100'' buck in the zone and they only have one tag.

Sure they change. Everytime I go to Ohio they change. Last trip there I passed up 6 bucks that would have gotten shot here in NY. I still have the tag to prove I didn't shoot one of them.[&:] IN fact, I have the tags from the last two years. LOL Where I went wrong was went in and found what I considered a good spot my first afternoon. Next morning here comes Mr Big at about 80 yards. Biggest rack I've seen ... maybe(close anyway). I moved my stand for the afternoon. Watched 3 bucks spar at 12 yards that would normally die. I was waiting for Mr Big. My nephew shot a nice buck from my stand after I went home. In fact, he's shot a buck out of one of my stands 2 years in a row. Both with muzzleloader. He only shoots big bucks. What's a Reasonable chance, they're in the area, someone has seen them more than once, I have seen one ONCE or some such senerio, exceptional sign etcis a reasonable chance to me. Standards also change when hunting as a guest on someones lease or land. I follow their rules or set standards just a bit above there's so as not to be a problem.