Newt
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About 7 or 8 years ago, my friend and I were tooling around on his grandfather's property coming back from a hunting trip when we noticed a very nice buck standing on the horizon. It was almost dark to the point where you see a very dark blue/purple sky. Dark enough that we needed a flashlight so see where we were going, but light enough to clearly see the deer. We were concerned that it was too late to be shooting at game and after gazing at it for a minute or two pondering whether or not to shoot, eventually decided that we'd better not shoot and passed on it. It would've been an easy shot at about 60 yards broad-side, but my theory has always been "better safe than sorry". At the time I had yet to kill a buck of that size and really regretted not shooting it afterward. Upon arriving back to his grandfather's we told the story of what is now known as the "silhouette buck", and his dad and grandfather asked us why we didn't shoot it. Even to this day, after taking some good bucks, I look back and regret not shooting it. What would you do?
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