All this talk of giving a deer another year amazes me. I hunt public land or smallish (couple hundred acres) of private land and there is no way if I give a deer a couple more years that I would ever see him again. I envy you guys that can see the same deer several years in a row. If I give one a pass, the next hunter would shoot him.

Like sprintflyer, I hunt in SW Virginia and that deer would be on my wall if I shot him.