Nothing wrong with shooting the biggest buck possible. I've let dozens of bucks walk by waiting for bigger. I've also shot the first decent buck that showed up because I wanted to. Like with my NY tags from last year. I'll whack the first nice doe that shows up. With meat in the freezer I'll have no problem passing up a little buck in the 4 days season. Having the one in the freezer will also make me more picky during the regular season. If I don't find what I want I always know I'll have those same 4 days in early season next year to fill one of them. It also gets me in the woods 4 days before anyone else. This year I shot a nice 8 point the second day of the early season. The first day of the regular season I didn't go hunting, had house stuff to see too. There were guys all over that woods. I had my deer and was gone before they knew I was there.