well there is nothing wrong with dropping does. one thing i have learned is that a lot of times the bigger bucks walk a different trail than the main bunch of does and small bucks. if i find a cattle path for a deer trail i still put up a stand on it but i expect it to not produce a big buck at all till the rut. a lot of times a big buck will walk on a small trail 1/3 the way down from the top of the hill, or keep hunting the down wind side of a hill as older smarter bucks usually try to follow this rule. a lot of times a buck and a doe are an entirely different species all together. as a lot of us have noticed does tend to be more careless of when they come out of the woods and where they walk.