Just so everyone knows here in Washington we get 9 days total (2 weekends surrounding 5 week days) for deer hunting, hoping a 3-point (one side) legal deer walks by and stops. The success rate is less than 10% and we don' t have many deer.

If I have a legal buck running by me less than 50 yards away I' m going to try as it will probably be the only legal deer I see that season. If I had the luxury to hunt for 2 months a year and the deer were thicker than ticks on a hound dog I would wait for a better shot but since our options are very limited sometimes you need to make your own luck. Of course, I wouldn' t recommend this to everyone or even most of the hunters unless you practice for it.