Even though antler stew is not all that tasty, the big ones always get our attention. I played with a massive perfectly symmetrical 8 pointer this year. I had a 25 to 30 chance, but I could not see a path for my arrow through the sticks, another at about 65 yards and moving. during the late gun season he was pushed by other hunters into range and i passed. I didn't feel that it would prove anything to me to kill it. I was meat hunting, but I was thrilled to have the opportunity to watch him go across a half mile of river flats to make to a safe haven. I am getting soft and personal in my old age. I had a nice conversation with a yearling early in the season at about 15 yards. He stopped and listened to my greeting and then slowly walked away. I wondered, did that little guy know that I had no intentions of harming him?