My Dad is 66 and has only ever killed 1 buck. A very small 5 point. He doesn't hunt a lot, but he does hunt. It's just never came together for him. He was as thrilled with it, as most people are with a mature one.

I’m on your team. Post of the evening.

Exactly

Good job Mr. Walker, that little spike is just as important to that little feller as if it were a new state record. Some of my fondest hunting memories are of young hunters getting their first deer on my property.

Mr. Brock.

We all at diff places and areas. I hav not shot buck in camden in 3 season - if i wait 10 seasons i prob dont get a 140 and i not shooting one there this year so it will be 4 seasons next year

Had potentially my first ever 130 on camera this year in clark - aint seen him in weeks. Doubt he makes it to 140 and since it would be the biggest i ever shot - prob would not let him walk. I would tell anybody to shoot the biggest they ever shot. Kind of duffus to let biggest u ever shot walk
One year i had like 6 mature n clark and next year one made it. I prob had 8 mature this year - record year. I aint shot but one. Would not be surprised if only 0-2 make it and they may not
Some areas get 140 easier than others !!

It is exactly about objectives. Im 59 and come from the time when we killed anything with a horn and killing a doe was frowned upon. Then killing a doe with your bow was a trophy. I’ve been the guy in clubs who paid my money and saw others pay the exact same and never do any work and when hunting season came they brought the entire family and guests and killed all they could. Then I started buying little places and leasing bigger places with friends, that brought on a lot of the sane problems because by then I was trying to kill big mature deer. Even my friends had sons and guests and girlfriends that every year they killed young bucks I had watched. It bothered me but not enough to lose my friends over. Now I lease a little land and own some pretty good land and just hunt like I want and if I take people I tell them to shoot what makes them happy and sometimes they kill a young one. It’s all about not being selfish and just trying to have a good time to me now. I can certainly understand how guys in a club with no children or guests that do a lot of work and pay money can get frustrated when they are in a “trophy “ club or lease.

Amazing how that works.

This is the answer if you want your kids to love to hunt.the fellowship part is the biggest deal