Not sure if your are bragging or complaining.
Not bragging or complaining. I shot small bucks years ago but now I let them walk. There is a lot of satisfaction in letting something live when you used to take it without a second thought. I think of it as maturing as a hunter.
Plus I’ve got an entire elk in my freezer from this year and some of last years elk as well.
I’ve got nothing against hunters that do take small bucks. I realize most hunters don’t have the opportunities that I do living remotely on a mountainside in Montana. But my hunting buddies here would have let that buck walk and give him another few years.
Make of that what you will.
Oh ... and 275 yards isn’t far for hunting in these parts. Not by a long shot.