Which situation would you prefer and why?

[BrockWeilep]

Feel free to elaborate or clarify below.

[pianoman9701]

I hunt for sustenance. I'd much rather take a mid-life buck and enjoy the experience for the 6 months I eat him than a trophy that's hard to swallow. And, it's not like I'd pass on a bigger one were there the opportunity to do so.

[CP]

   I don't carry a tape measure when I hunt.  I wouldn't know how to measure a deer anyway.

[yogru]

Learned long ago you can't eat the horns.  You going to guarantee a nice buck every year for the next decade? I'm taking that all day!

[Badhabit]

I'm not a trophy hunter, I just like to put some wild game on the table now and then. I truly think if a 200" plus buck was in my sites, I'd pass as I wouldn't have it mounted and couldn't honor the trophy like it should be. Let another hunter who has that dream put it on their wall.

[dvolmer]

My answer in my 20’s would be different than what it would have been in my 30’s and so-on. Now that I am 59 and hunt other states also, the four 180 inch bucks in 10 years is what would fit for me. 

[kentrek]

I went with the 220...theres lots of ways to fill the freezer

[link]

I'm taking two, two hundos.

[hunter399]

Anything 150 or bigger is a done deal .
I've always been a meat hunter,if it's a stinky old buck.
Street tacos and deer enchiladas for me.🤤
I didn't vote,150 or bigger is always the goal,but if it stands like stupid. It's in the freezer.

[huntnnw]

I’ll take a 220+ all day long. Never had a issue putting meat in the freezer

[Angus]

I voted for 6 in 10 years, that's about what my current success rate is but they are a long ways from 160".

[CarbonHunter]

6 - 160” buck in tens years would be an unbelievable feat to accomplish. And 1 elk feeds my family for a year so deer are just icing on the cake. If I weren’t an elk hunter I may think of it differently.

[muleyslayer]

I am currently happy with deer that are old or 160” plus, but it’s definitely a progression. Currently the six 160” to 180” bucks in 10 years would make me happy. I’d rather focus on “filling the freezer” with elk and whitetail. There was definitely a time when any legal mule deer was the goal.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Should have shot this one, because the one I got last year was tougher than boiled shoot owl.🤯

Plus I wouldn’t have had to pack it out.🤣

[Doublelunger]

220 is a buck of many many lifetimes. No brainer for me.