Just got back from missouri....I wana puke!!

Had a 5 day hunt starting last thursday and we limited out. Im sick to my stomach tho because I let the biggest deer of my life walk because I got greedy. The 1st day, 1st hunt, 1st 45min into that hunt and 1st deer i see. I hear him jump the fence to my right and he walked into a thicket. I seen his horns thru my scope, but it was alittle fogged. He pushed a doe out of the thicket and was about 40yds infront of me. I raised my scope again, seen he was a main beam 8pt, about 8" G2's. I was sent pictures prior to the hunt with some MONSTER bucks on it, i mean 150+ beasts. So I decided in my head that I was going to pass and wait because I didnt want to blow my load on the 1st buck I seen with 5 more days to hunt. Well, i put my gun down, he pushed the doe closer to me. He got within 15 yds and I seen the G2 had a kicker off the back and the right main beam had a drop tine on it that split... which now this 8 pt turned into an 11pt. He walked right by my stand staring at me the whole time and the doe caught wind and they bolted..... I hunted the next 4 days, ALLDAY in -2 degree weather to try and see him and he never came back. Was probably the best/worst hunt of my life.

Just curious if you guys had ever made a decision like this.... I guess I got greedy wanting a main beam 10pt and seeing all those pics made me pass. Lesson learned.... if you'd shoot it on the last day...shoot him on the 1st!!