Fraid not. He ain't there...yet. If you're looking for P&Y, let him walk. If you like him and he's the best around and high likelihood someone else may whack him, run an arra thru him when you see him and enjoy him yourself... the score is just a reference and a preference point for you and you only. That's a a fine buck and looks healthy.
If I shoot that deer it will be my biggest bow buck to date and I will shoot him if he gives me the opportunity. I put the bow down once gun season starts and he will get a pass with gun. I'm not worried about neighbors.
If you shoot that deer only because you're afraid your neighbor will, you're that neighbor.
OP, I know that you never mentioned the worry of a neighbor shooting this deer. But the quote above is dead on for all the people that worry about the neighbor shooting "their" buck, so they end up shooting it for that reason.
I don't think this buck will make P&Y. IMO he's still young enough to maybe get there next year.
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