ORIGINAL: lnen#1
ANY shot I can take I'm taking...You know as well as I do pecking on this keyboard is one thing when determining what shot you will or won't take; while on stand that deer of a lifetime presents itself is a whole different situation. You also have to look at my current prediciment that I have been dealt. I don't have the luxury of hunting private land, where I can predictively pattern deer, I have been forced out of all my areas by people with more dollars than cents. My primary hunting spots consists of public land, rather large tracts at that (15,000) acres of unbroken forests. No fields, all out big woods with tremendous hunting pressure. So to answer your question, I'm taking the shot, any shot. Sorry if you don't concur with me boss.
I hunt the same situation as you do, I hunt public land and can tell you I experience the same thing with the bucks. Most of the time, I will only see a buck ONCE, and then they are gone. I have to be ready at all times to takea good shot because it will probably be my only chance. That is why I personally choose to wait for a good shot, because if I lost a good animal I worked so hard to shoot because I chose a bad shot I would be sick. I had two shot opportunities at mature bucks this year on public land and chose not to shoot because the shots were poor.I could have just launched an arrow, but that is not me.