ORIGINAL: livbucks

I wanted to free the buck because I would rather tag him the right way. We could not free him without one of us getting hurt..he was THAT big. I asked Beth if he would go to a needy family and she said NO. His meat would be unfit to eat because he was overheated and adrenaline would have tainted the meat..he would go to the landfill. I could not live with that, so I tagged him and made use of him. Would I have done the same for a 5 point? You betcha. It wasn't about the rack. I have the rack but I didn't get him fair chase so it means squat. I didn't want to waste him. I took a chance on the meat and he tasted rather good. I ate him up.
You can call Beth and ask her. I'll give you her number. She said she never met a greater sportsman than the likes of me. Never. She's a great WCO BTW!