I'll kill a doe before I kill a small buck....
I hunt Public property, I primarily buck hunt with my bow almost every day of that season, if its an 8 point, its dead. period.
If I do not kill a buck with my bow, gun season starts. This season also runs into my duck and goose season, that's poor cause I'd rather do that.
So, once gun season starts running into my duck season, I take the morning off and I'll go gun a doe for table fare, by the time gun season starts I can tell you almost what deer is in what area, so I can be pretty selective with my harvest, Pretty much have to be since I'm allowed 1 deer a year.
Here's this years doe. She's a tank and she sure does taste good.