When I'm hunting locally, its usually on my own place. If I or my kids don't shoot a buck the chances are good that he'll be around next year, or next week if someone changes changes their mind. Getting a decent buck isn't really much of a trick, and letting a really big young one go if he obviously has all sorts of growing potential isn't some great display of self restraint. Doing what you want is easy and what I want is an older heavy buck preferably with some character. That sort of sets the bar, because why shoot something elsewhere that I let go at home?
If someone else (or myself 30 years ago) wants to shoot a young deer, a small deer or the first deer they see what business is it of mine? Maybe they are lucky to get anything, or maybe they don't care. Still none of my business. Conversely; why should they care what I do, or hope to do?
