I have transitioned into trying to kill age (4 or older) over antler score. I was able to pass up a nice 4 year old this past season that will be an exceptional deer come fall. Were I currently hunt it is rare to kill a 130" deer and age as become the measuring stick for me. I have grown into the stage I get just as much enjoyment out of trying to grow a big one as I do killing one. I'm blessed to itch my trigger finger on my Midwest farms pretty much annually so it takes the pressure off when I start hunting around home.


"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life.
Comes to us at midnight very clean.
It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."