Would you or wouldn't you?

[Kokopelli]

Yup !!!!
Took a four by spike Mule Deer off of, of all places, Santa Catalina Island back in the '80s.  It was a trophy then and still is.

[smokin joe]

Heck yes. I think that unusual antlers are very cool.

[BAK]

It was a broken antler, he'd already been fighting.  And I did get very fussy with the 2nd tag and ended up not filling it.  Passed on a number of small 4 and 6 pointers after that one.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

No, I wouldn't have killed him broken off, just me. I dont care about score but I give broken up bucks a pass. I do have one back of the house here that I've been watching for 2 years, he's a big 4 pt on one side, really messed up on the other. At 3 1/2 yrs old he was a 4xspike and this year at 4 1/2 he had  big "Y" on the bad side with a cluster of small points at the base and still a big typical 4 on the other. If I get a chance next year I'll kill him as a 5 1/2 yr old, he'd be a cool trophy.

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[Friend]

Had been holding out for a goodin for quite some time. After the 489th hunt, without loosing an arrow on a buck, I let one loose on a 5 1/2 yr...>200# buck.

Yes, I would have let an arrow fly this past season.

[Orion]

Yep.  Took one like that several years ago.  Early season winding down and it was 4 below zero fahrenheit that morning.  Time was running out.  However, would have shot him earlier as well if i had the chance. Aged as a 4-plus-year-old buck.  That's what I'm after.

[Trenton G.]

Can't eat the antlers and that's a really neat buck anyways. I would have shot him.

[GCook]

Nope.  I don't like shooting one with a broken tine much less a broken main beam unless it is a cull I know and want out of the gene pool.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Ask me again again when hes standing in front of me.   Usually my answer would be yes.

[Pauljr77]

I’m certain i would have, he had some age to him i think, and I don’t get very many opportunities at older deer where i hunt, I wouldn’t pass one because he was broken.

[IndaTimber]

I would have shot without hesitation!

Great deer!

[TooManyHobbies]

Yes, I'm grateful for any shot that presents itself. I went through a phase of trophy hunting, but finally woke up to the reason I was out there. Much more satisfying and less stress.

[JohnV]

Would I?  No.  Personal decision.  I hunt SE Iowa and have the option to shoot lots of mature bucks. 

[Wudstix]

YES, he probably didn't have any teeth and the coyotes ain't picky.
 

[ron w]

You bet’ cha, he was a beauty!!

[ronp]

Yes Sir! A heavy bodied buck means more meat in the freezer

[Sam McMichael]

I have read in a number of sources that mismatched antler growth often results after a severe accident such as getting hit by a car. Sometimes, the next year, growth is again normal. To answer the question, YES.

[RAU]

Yes, every year if possible, congrats!!

[Gordon Jabben]

Well it just depends on how many opportunities I would expect to get and time of season.  I'm proud of every deer I get with a traditional bow and I really enjoy venison.  Yes to me, he's a trophy.   

[YosemiteSam]

Yep.  Wouldn't think twice about it.  Unique antlers make me think even more about its life.  And out here, on public land, you take what you can get because shot opportunities don't come every year.