ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I had a nice looking half-rack 2.5yr old in the woods I hunt in '06. I never got a photo of him.....but I often wonder if he's the 3.5yr old I got last year with a "funky" side....that ended up recovering nicely by the time the season rolled around. I had this deer at about 5 yds for 20 minutes, one morning (as a 2.5 yr old).
I wonder what my thought process would have been if he'd been older. I'll come clean....I only know (as well as one can) he was a 2.5yr old by things I've learned, since then (thoughI would have still guessed him at 2.5 then...based solely on rack). I ask myself, now.....what would I do if he was before me as a 3.5yr old with that same 1/2 rack?
Today.....I'd attempt to take him. With the number of sightings I get on deer that age.......I'd (IMO) be a fool not to.
Does the rack have "anything" to do with your thought process.....when you are confronted with a similar situation? We could come up with all kinds of scenarios.....but the question is simple....
Would any 3.5yr old get your arrow?
not sure it's that easy to tell a 3 from a 2 all the time IMO...... especially since you were judging soley by the rack ............
but to answer your question .....probably getting shot ....assuming my freezer is empty and I'm not waiting for his daddy....