Exactly I have no control over pretty any land I hunt on and even the land I do sort of have a say in gets trespassed and pushed with out permission as soon as the orange army gets the go ahead. I too though have passed on a lot of smaller sized bucks and recently closed the deal on not the biggest bruiser in the woods but one that I would be happy with at the end of the season.
I agree though if everyone was as open minded as the rest and we all agreed on QDM and let those small ones walk the increase in bruiser bucks would increase. I do my part and I suppose that is all I can do. If the ones I passed make through till next year awesome!!!