(coming from a primarily big buck hunter) Lord no! The dude who's hunting 140's in Alabama (heck, even 130's, or frankly even high 120's) is a crazy mofo. You can hunt your whole life, even be moderately successful and have an enjoyable hunting career, and never see a 140 in Alabama. An average "good buck" in Alabama is probably a 14'-15" eight point that'll dress 125-130 pounds, I'm going to shoot that deer most of the time. And this is really why I take such exception to the guys who get all pissy about the currrent DCNR staff trying to get a better hold on Alabama's deer, trying to increase the standards for Alabama's deer hunting. We ain't trying to become some dumb@#$@# trophy destination, nobody believes this is Saskatchewan. But damn, what's the point of shooting a yearling spike, or worse, a 12' wide 8pt that isn't much bigger than your yard dog??? Gee whiz fellas, I hunt public frickin' land and I see enough does every year to fill every cooler in my neighborhood if I wanted to. It's like you're missing some sort of competitive spirit when you'll shoot a pencil neck buck with basket rack. Like you're missing some common sense understanding of reasonable management. But again, I understand this is just coming from my worldview of how I was raised about deer hunting....deer hunting to me literally only exists for the thrill of the chase, it's ALL about the rush of a big rack (again, not a dadgum 140" buck, just a "good one" for Alabama). I cannot comprehend the emasculated view of hunting where you don't get a thrill from the sight of a big buck, therefore I cannot comprehend the dude who shoots the tiny basket buck ("for meat") and lessens his opportunities of seeing that buck later when he's bigger. Also, I cannot comprehend the man who only hunts truly giant bucks (I need more gratification, more often than that! LOL)