"I would love to see a policy where a male deer costs you your buck tag. At least in archery where most situations would certainly allow the hunter to identify and pass on BB's "

Couldnt care less myself because i dont shoot antlerless deer, but dont see much use in it as you propose. It would save very few bb. Archery harvest is very low compared to rifle & the portion of bb that make up the total antlerless harvest is low. Of those relatively few that might be saved in archery, a portion would get a hole poked in them rifle season anyway.

Just my 2cents. Dont see that making a bit of difference one way or the other.

Theres a much simpler and much more effective solution to more bucks existing. Cut the allocation. Less bb will be killed as antlerless. More will be born in the first place.