I shot a buck already in my home state. But I think I’ve evolved past itches that need scratched. I’ve killed so much stuff in my life and I’m to the point that I’m running out of room on my walls for big buck mounts. I’m at the stage where all I need is the situation to take place when I can take what I’m after. Sometimes I just don’t. But knowing I did everything right and had him right there is enough. Last year I took a substantial 8 point at my camp. Everyone was here and we had a nice “anticipation” dinner the night before. I usually don’t shoot 8’s no matter how big they are but because everyone was here, I zapped that one. No regrets. It was enjoyable watching everyone’s reactions and sniffing around it.
Could have shot a high rack 8 this morning but I was more interested in the squirrel way up in this one tree. They were balled up way up there in their nibbling stance. I thought if I had my gun, they would never give me such glorious shots. Like you said, lots of squirrel while hunting deer and deer when hunting squirrel. You do know that we see tons of squirrel when deer hunting for two reasons. We don’t move for long periods and no orange.