I have been deer hunting for 43 years and opening morning produced nothing. The afternoon hunt I hit paydirt! Harvested my first velvet buck! Only a small 5 pt but my season has been made, it will take a lot to top it.
i had another 8 pt with a small basket rack that had shed the velvet at 20 yards but i chose him because of the velvet. I will never regret this choice , goes to show size does not matter lol