depends on too many situations to list. I shot a sixteen inch six this year that I thought was a very large six or eight, and was not happy because I didn't have time to really look at him and my first observation (as he was looking at me from downhill, I thought his main beams were his g 2s) and before I knew it the bullet was gone. I am happy though, because my little hunting buddy saw very little action in the woods this year. didn't even get a shot at one (he had seen only 18 all season) until I pushed some cover for him on the last day. he got three shots and actually had the rifle knocked out of his hands by a big doe on her way out of the brush. that was funny