You have a beautiful 12 point come into your rattling and he gives you these two shot oppurtunities, which one do you take?

Neither.

I once tried a shot at 10 yds through some 'light' brush. Arrow got deflected, hit him above the spine, never found him.
48 yds is simply too far for me.

FYI...same would hold true for any deer.

neither

neither shot i would wait

Well....where is the brush. Is the light brush directly in front of the deer? Meaning the brush is within a foot or less of the deer? You say light brush...meaning....how many twigs or leaves? To be perfetly honest, if I wanted the deer, and it was clear 19.75 yards to the brush, your arrows will deflect very slightly if it is light enough brush shooting a powerful bow. Still a dead deer if the brush is where I described. That is what I envision when you say light brush. I take the shot. I agree 49yrds a no. Im good on the target at 49, but with a big ol buck....nah ill take 20yrds and light brush(right in front of him).

Neither!!!

I experienced this last night, and was more content with letting him walk because i'm pretty inexperienced and all my friends talk about all these ridiculously long shots they take and I just didn't want to wound this deer so I let him go with both shots. All in all it was still a great encounter. The brush is 5 feet in front of him and its the upper part of small maple trees because he was on the start of a hill when he was 20 yards.Thanks for the help guys!

Well I say neither..I passed a shot yestreday where 2 limbs could have played a part, had I shot. NOT brush 2 stinking limbs.

Good decision. Pat on the back.

Geez lot's of neithers but only 1 vote (mine)