RE: Your opinion on shooting smaller public land bucks...
Is this a 6 point you would mount and hang on your wall? If the answer is no, I would say let it grow. The only bucks I have ever shot were the one's with a rack I would be proud to display. If I don't get the shot, at the end of the season, I shoot a slick head and am done. I think young slick heads taste better anyway.
No matter what I feel though, its your decision to make.
Have a good season.
Then start working on getting permissions for private land and you don't have to worry about this kind of call again.
Good Luck