I would probably shoot him.

he's no shooter

Its all about what you feel like doing based on your desires and the land you have to manage. If you want that buck..Go get'em!

Smoke'em and make some of preacher tonys jerky.

If he's your biggest then tak'em. You can always set the bar higher for next yr. But this buck won't be ther if you do. Its a hard choice to make. I had tom do the same thing this yr. Hard choice. Good luck

around here... i'd put a hole in him...

As someone that has only harvested 2 does in their hunting career, I would never begrudge you for taking that small buck. I did it all the time when I was younger (not sure you actual age, but figure hunting age is limited with only 2 harvested deer). I have shot probably 8 or 9 bucks with basket racks just like his and was proud of them. However, I never got a chance to see many nice deer in the 100+ inch range.

With that being said, we had one year were it was so wet, farmers were unable to get corn out until late December after deer season was over. Very few deer in our county were harvested. All those little basket racks made it through and since then we have a nice staple of 2.5 to 3.5 year old deer taken each year (one buck rule helps too). Seeing those nicer deer on what you could say is a regular basis makes it so much easier to let the little ones walk.

nicely put stabnslab!!! i get tore up just by a doe pr spike coming under me.... sumtimes its good to hold off but if your in an area where you dont think your gonna get many chances.... i take whatever would come threw unless it was a year old doe, fawn or button buck.. bice buck tho... i would try to shoot em!!