Well, to be honest the only reason I would have taken the time to pattern the buck is because his antlers seemed good to me. IF I had the time to notice busted antlers, and the damage was significant, I'd probably pass. But I usually just get a glimpse of the antlers and the go light either goes off or not and then I'm getting into position and getting ready. I don't do mental tabulations in my head to figure if I shoot or not. I do like the beauty of a whole rack but a busted tine or two isn't going to stop me from shooting. I have a nice buck I shot with muzzleloader that I didn't know had a busted mainbeam, maybe 3-5" missing and busted browtines worn smooth and another tip missing. I didn't have time to notice all that. Now I will say I did a euro mount of him because I couldn't bring myself to spend $350 for a mount of a broken buck, maybe I should have, but hope springs eternal and I was sure I'd get a better one later that year. Didn't happen. I don't hunt for the record book. I do hunt for a beautiful set of antlers, and beauty has many meanings. I also don't shoot bucks unless they will go on my wall. That's just my personal standard. If I want meat I shoot a doe.