I've just started going after whitetail with a bow this year - beginning of November to be exact. In my few ventures I have actually already had a run in with a decent 8 pointer with about an 18inch inside spread. Anyway, ethics? I drew bow waiting for it to get close enough. At 35 yards it spots the movement of my bow following its. He stops and we look dead at eachother for a whole 10 seconds as he confirms that I'm not just a part of the tree. I could've let the arrow fly but the shot wasn't perfectly clear of small branches. Even if I could squeeze the arrow through the branches, 35 yards is out of my bow's range in that predicament. I watch, heart pounding and all as it turns and heads back from where it came.

Had I hit him, it would've probably been in a less than ideal spot and more than likely been a loss and waste of a bigish buck.