I believe selfish is the word...
Some of you care so much about shooting your "monster" buck, that you try to impose your will on others. Does letting small bucks go create bigger bucks? Yes. Does everyone care about bigger bucks? No. How is it fair to ask people that enjoy the way that they hunt and have always hunted to change, in order for you to have a better time? Everyone should have a right to enjoy their hunt without having someone else's selfish will imposed on them. There is nothing wrong with informing hunters that passing small bucks creates big bucks, but that is where it should end. Why should someone be made to feel inferior, because their standard of what satisfies them is different than yours? IfYOU want to shoot a big buck, thenYOU hold out and practiceYOUR antler restrictions. You guys have a lot of nerve telling someone else what they should do on their own land. Are they not the ones that pay the taxes? Is it not their time spent on stand?
When will you guys learn that not everyone has the time, let alone desire, to spend their whole fall waiting on a P&Y buck.
I set my sites on shooting a large buck each year. I normally pass on smaller bucks. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I give in to myself and shoot one that is smaller. It sure is nice being able to make that decision for myself.
Once again the word is selfish. You care so much about your personal satisfaction, that you are willing to compromise the happiness of others in order to achieve it.