With the experience I now have, no. When I first started bowhunting, yes. But I did a lot of dumb things when I first started. LOL. Low percentage shot with bow and you'd feel worse wounding and not getting than you would not taking the shot. If you don't take the shot then, in your mind, he's always out there waiting to give you another chance. If you hit and don't recover, in your mind, he's coyote food and mice are eating the antlers. Which do you want in your mind?