Shoot what's leagal. Hold out for the big bucks if you want. Take some does for the meat and let the boys grow up. Hey if you mount your buck then you are looking for a trophy. It doesn't make sense to kill a smaller buck and mount it? If the season is ending and you haven't taken a deer yet then have at it. I'll probably hold out for a big buck until the rut,if I have a freezer full of does maybe I won't take a buck. (OH wait I'm in the contest ,I guess I'll have to get some horns afterall) See what I mean, it's all relative. Practice hard, aim true and do what you will as long as it's legal,bowhunting whitetails is hard enough without all the added angst.