Not bragging or complaining. I shot small bucks years ago but now I let them walk. There is a lot of satisfaction in letting something live when you used to take it without a second thought. I think of it as maturing as a hunter.
Plus I’ve got an entire elk in my freezer from this year and some of last years elk as well.
I’ve got nothing against hunters that do take small bucks. I realize most hunters don’t have the opportunities that I do living remotely on a mountainside in Montana. But my hunting buddies here would have let that buck walk and give him another few years.
Make of that what you will.