After many years of primarily trophy style hunting, I finally came to my senses and realized that those antlers don't do a damn thing for me except cost money! They don't feed me or my family. In your scenario, if given the choice, I will smack a Doe 10 times faster than an old buck. That's not to say that a big old racked buck would be 100% safe from me as if that's my only choice I'll drop him and make up a big vat of burger and stewing meat as that's pretty much all that they are good for!