Look at it this way. If you had killed him, he was ONLY an 8 pointer that if he was lucky would hit 130ish. Now you have the opportunity to keep hunting and hunt a big one. There are bigger ones out there and even this one can be bigger next year. So go get one of them. ME??????????..... At 15 yards I'd of shot the 8 point and been done with it.[8D][8D] But that's just me.