RE: Let him go? Gimme a break!
I beg to differ that you will not see the same buck again. I hunt both public and private, and twice on public I have let a smaller buck walk....and twice I saw him the following year (one is on my dads wall)
On my farm we have 350 acres. Last year we started letting small bucks walk...result this year is we have seen alot of mature bucks (3 1/2 or older)
A 130 inch buck is my cut off. Anything under I am PROBABLY going to let walk. Not a gaurentee, but I just don't want to kill a 2 1/2 yr old. I can kill does for meat.