but I don' t and won' t hold it against anyone that believes in the p&y system and wants to follow those rules and enter their trophy there
I don' t either horsefly. not in the least bit. as a matter of fact, I really have a lot of respect for the guys that can take a P&Y deer. but it' s like you said, the 75-80% letoff, would not be the main reason a hunter would be able to kill a P&Y buck.
it' s all those other variables you mentioned.
by the way-- welcome to the board, good post!