RE: What is the smallest buck you would take?
Where I hunt, Pressure on deer is so, That you would be lucky to even seem something over 100 in 10 years of hunting. I have been hunting in this area for 12 and have only ever seen one deer at the checkin that rough scored 145 and that was off a private 600 acre farm. Gun hunters around here wipe out any deer with a horn more than 3". It is truly sad.
I am really glad to see that most folks believe in age and not size, it does out sport good.
For me personally I get three 3 tags and will try to age at 3.5+ or the first doe that comes within 25 yards. Needless to say, I have not taken a buck in a couple years.