Chris, I had been hunting for 5 years with a rifle before I saw my first buck in 79. Back in those days, they put everyone's name in the paper if you got a deer. There were around 100,000 deer in the state then. Now we kill more than that most years. Things have changed and it is good.
i'm a noob hunter, i just started deer hunting 3yrs ago, wish i would have gotten into the outdoor scene more often while growing up...
my first buck Dec' 08 12pt...and first yote in Oct. 07'