Neither. I will do what the PGC has asked me to do. Harvest more antlerless deer to balance our herd and continue to harvest bucks like always. And while I am harvesting antlerless deer like the PGC asked....a portion of those will be bb and older bucks who lost thier antlers. About 20-24% of my personal AL harvest will statisticly be bucks.

And....if I am in an area that is overloaded with deer? The PGC says if your goal is herd reduction harvest away. Any deer taken is helpfull in overpopluated areas. So I will take any deer fawn, adult doe, buck, BB, goat that gets in the way, albino's you name it.

In areas that are not over populated I use my good judgement first to see if I even will fill any doe tag, and if I choose to I will use the guideline that the PGC has recomended and that is:

"Consider Letting That Button Buck Walk Away" "Of course, we’re not inferring that it’s wrong to shoot a button buck. They are legal game, and all deer are
trophies. " "These decisions are often based on hunting limitations and individual preferences, and vary from hunter to hunter....." <pgc literature


So I would take into consideration the landowners wishes if I am on private land. Our landowner is not a rack hunter and could care less what we shoot. A boy deer eats as much as a girl deer. If I am on public land I will use my own guidelines like the PGC says we should. I am not a wannabe rack hunter and do not care a lick if a buck has a half rack of 2, 3, or 4 points....makes no difference. So I will take the situation as it comes, and if there is no big doe standing around, and the landowner has no wishes then a BB is going to be in zip lock baggies in my freezer.


I always follow the PGC regs, and honor and respect landowner wishes. So this year I will be harvesting any legal deer in pa. So I will neither purposely seek out a BB nor will I go to long lengths to avoid one.

I have about a 20 to 25% chance it will end up a BB.