ORIGINAL: mnbirddog
Wouldn't you have prefered to shoot one of the "lesser" bucks, than nothing??
And therin lies the crux of your question... for a lot of us, the answer is no. I'm a trophy hunter. I'm willing to go home empty handed at the end of the season in exchange for the added challenge of pursuing that one deer that I'm after. It's a chess game and if you went into it knowing you were going to win, where would be the challenge?