Stanley wrote:There is a lot of luck when it comes to rack score & size. A bucks really large rack is mostly luck of the draw. The buck has a bigger set of antlers than other bucks of the same age. I see no difference unless you talk about an old buck 6.5-8.5 years old with a 170 inch rack.
So for me, a hunter that puts 25 140 class bucks on the wall has done much more than a guy that has 2 170s on the wall. Another thing to consider hunting an area with more bucks gives you a much bigger learning curve than an area with few bucks.
I'll take door #2.
very good points, I am massively more impressed with a 5 year old big woods buck that might score 140 than a 2.5 year old farm land buck that scores the same.