Part of hunting in a 1 deer/year state is that we don't exactly get shooting opporatunities all that often! There are people I know who call it a good day if they see/hear/smell a deer. I know people who go years without shooting a deer.

I can shoot 1 with my bow and one with my gun, may have to be a buck. If you blow a chance at a deer, you may very well be eating your tag!

That's why I laugh when people from other areas give us crap about shooting buttons or spikes or a deer that they don't consider "worthy". When you see 1 deer every 2 years, you shoot what you can! Our success rate is in single digits.