Given the situation I am in, I would not shoot a half racked buck. Infact, I am extremely picky aboutthe bucks I do shoot.

I hunt in a place that allows a hunter to take does for the full length of a 2.5 month season, and the main reason I hunt deer anyway is just to fill the freezer and kill time until duck season comes around. I'll shoot a buck if he is a good specimen, but in my opinion that is not a buck with a busted up rack. He may be a healthy deer, but in my opinion not really worth showing off.. and thats the only reason I'd shoot a buck anyway.... just to show it off. With all the does I can and do shoot... meat is usually a non-issue by the fourth week of the season.

If someone else would get more enjoyment out of shooting a half racked buck, than its all the more incentive for me to let him go. It might make someones whole season. I wouldn't give a flip about it if I'd shot it. Take what makes you happy, if someone else took it and they were happy with it, then I'd be more than happy for them.