One of the things I like best about hunting open public land with no antler restrictions is the freedom to hunt as I like under state laws.
I don't have to worry about lease rules or clubs rules..etc. 99.9% of legal bucks that step in front of a hunter get shot at and if I feel like shooting one I will and if I don't I won't..I've done it both ways realizing that the ones I let walk might not make it..but that at least got what we all got..a chance.