YES.. My standards would change at the end of the season. I want a good buck but am willing to lower my standards at the last minute. I'm more interested is killing ONE deer than managing the whole herd. Tough to pass on the smaller bucks when you hunt on heavily presured public land.
Most but not all of the time guys shoot deer smaller than what they had planned. Just look at the post "your goal this season" and realize that many do lower their standards in that final pinch. Sometimes goals don't mesh with reality.
I shoot what I want and what my license allows me to. I live in a less than %5 success rate state so my standards are always subject to change.

I wonder what the average score was last year in the contest. It sure is not 130 plus which seems to be a baseline of some sort.