If you know bigger "are" around why not wait?
If you shoot him then the other older, bigger buck you didn't shoot will be that much bigger next year! Then again if you shoot a spike then both deer will be bigger bucks next year...Then again, if you p [no swearing please] them up again next year they will be older, bigger bucks the year after...again...Why stop there..... P [no swearing please] them again and hey....who knows... Maybe you'll harvest .OOPS. Kill a NJ record book buck in 6 or 7 years.... So what, if you didn't get to enjoy the feel of antlers in your hand or meat on the table for 6 or 7 years....You now have something to BRAG about!
Then again... How long do you think your going to live for??? How many hunting seasons do you really have left???? If that buck will put a smile on your face today then I suggest you take it because you just never know when the game is over.....
You taking that buck or any buck for that matter leaves a different buck you would have taken to grow for next year....
Do what makes you happy! There will be a better buck out there growing no matter what buck you decide to take....
Have fun everyone.... life is just too short to sweat the little things!!!!![up]