In defense of "selectiveness"...there are alot more deer now than back then. Once you were lucky to get a deer; any deer. Now it's common place to expect to see deer almost any time you step into the woods. You can afford to pass a few young or small deer waiting on another one.

I'm 57,started deer hunting in 1968,could have been 67 cannt remember.I do remember it was the first year Sumner co opened for hunting.I took a 6 pointer with 45lb recurve,Ben Pearson.My brother took an 11 pointer on same property that year.We were lucky we had access to property where they first released deer in Sumner co.Big game license was $15 bucks if i remember correctly.It included 1 buck,1 bear,and 1 boar.
Had no one to teach us how to hunt,just climbed a tree and sat on a limb.Next day we put 2x4s across 2 limbs,much better.Antlers was the only deer you could take.
My brother, my hunting partner,drowned the next year on the Obed river while canoeing.I lost my best friend.
Compound bow came out in the early 70s.I was reluctant to let my recurve go.Killed a deer every year and diddnt see any reason to use this thing with wheels and cables.Finally broke down and bought a Carrol 850 from Hunts Sporting Goods in Hendersonville.Hunts and Clays Sporting Goods in Nashville were the only shops in middle Tn then.Went 3 years without killing a deer and was dissapointed in my new bow.
Back to antlers.I have been lucky to have taken many bucks in over 40 years of hunting.I have taken bucks from Cheatam WMA Catossa,middle Tn,west Tn, Kentucky,Ft.Campbell and Canada.About 10 years ago i became a trophy hunter.All i thought about was big bucks and how to kill them.After about 5-6 years of this i discovered i was putting in alot of time and work and was not happy.It just wasnt fun hunting all day in September and October.It just wasnt fun hunting in the rain or heat.
A few years ago i changed the way i deer hunt.Now all i want to do is have fun.If its not fun i'm going to the house.I still look for trophy bucks but if one looks good i take him.
I am blessed with good hunting property in Kentucky and am always looking for someone to take.My best hunt in years was last year.Sitting about 15ft up in different tree watching 15 year old shoot a doe in a corn field.We hunted all day for that 80lb trophy.Ill remember that way after buck kills are forgotten.

What i'm getting at is go for the fun of it.Take a friend hunting.If a monster walks by take him.If a spike comes by and looks good to you take him.My friends know i hunt for big bucks and when they go with me i tell the "take what ever makes you happy"

Good luck everybody and have fun,life is to short.