Would YOU shoot this deer?

[GeauxLSU]

That's tough then. If it wasn't for #5 I've had said definitely not based on all your other answers. I guess it's a coin flip. They do have (hormone laced antibiotic filled) hamburger at the grocery store.

 

[Swab]

Judging by the way my deer season went, I would shoot him in a heartbeat.

 

[batoncolle]

Because of number 5 he would have been shot at!

Yep this^. I took a buck earlier in the season that I never would've shot, but I had some trespassing issues at the beginning of the season so deer were sparse, and the freezer was empty.

 

[7pt62THOR]

Can't eat the horns, but an empty freezer would make me shoot him (or any does that might be with him) and THEN hope he makes it until next year.

 

[boomdad]

I say take the chance on getting him next year especially if there are does around to fill your freezer.

 

[toobaroque]

Can't eat the horns, but an empty freezer would make me shoot him (or any does that might be with him) and THEN hope he makes it until next year.

He had two does with him yesterday when he wandered past me at 28 yards. None of them were in much of a hurry. Too darn cold, I guess. Only 14 degrees and the wind was howling!

 

[Staygold]

With a bow? Yes sir!

 

[Amorrenzin]

I'm cursed, and have never killed a buck. I'd shoot anything with more than six prongs.

 

[Lawn and Tree Barber]

Shoot him!!

 

[BHJ]

Looking at the body and neck I'd say he's a mature shooter buck.

Some guys watch way too much TV.
That's a mature shooter buck anywhere short of a "deer farm". Deer in the wild only get so big unless they are mutated, genetically altered, or stock from a captive deer farm. Yes he could possibly,get bigger but in the wild he's definitely a shooter buck.