If you're really a "Meat Hunter"........
....and all you could kill is one single deer per year, would you take that doe or small deer ealy in the season? If yes, then I agree, you are truly a meat hunter. If you decide to wait because you see deer every day or two, then I'm not convinced.
It's easy to say "I hunt for meat" when you have the luxury of seeing deer all the time in a populated deer state. Especially when you hold off and hopefully wait for a big buck because you know you can always shoot one or many (legal) does.
Ruffling feathers?....maybe but I hunt with guys that will tag the first legal deer they see because they simply want venison. They (not me) are truly meat hunters. I tip my hat to them!
If you play both ends in the middle, then shoot that big buck but don't say you're a meat hunter.
If I'm wrong here - fire away!