any buck that is 5-1/2 or older is a trophy as they have earned a Masters degree in dodging hunters.
I have hunted in Grants Pass OR and in Republic WA. In both places 1000 miles apart I asked the same question, "How can I find a buck?"
In both places I got the same answer, " Inside the city limits at midnight."
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps