I wouldn't care whether it was the 1st day or the last. My goal is to kill a mature buck or none at all, so whenever I got that chance, I would take it.
In a perfect world,I would like to make ithappen about 3/4 of the way through the season (on command)... that is what I would prefer. I love hunting in Nov...so much cool stuff happens in the woods, I'd hate to miss it.

I probably won't ever have to make that decision, as we have way too many deer in the states that I hunt.