Here are a few of mine, size never really mattered to me, even though I have hunted in some great areas of KS, IL and WI... It's very hard for me to pass up the younger bucks when I have a tag in my pocket. I am a shooter
Les I LOVE that you are harvesting MATURE bucks regardless of score. I shot a 4.5 yr old for my first archery buck at 17 yds on the ground and ... ha ha ha he only taped at like 112-115. Weighed out at 235 lbs. I would rather harvest a mature animal ANY day!!
Since we're allowed to choose whitetail or mule deer in MT, I don't take many whitetails, haven't shot one in a decade. I'm addicted to mule deer. But I used to hunt whitetails when I was younger. Here is my first buck taken in 1983, scored 181 gross. Montana. I have two sets of his sheds.
My first antlered buck with a bow, I got him mounted I will take a few pics when I get home tonight and show you guys the awesome job the taxidermist did