I agree with you if I'm in NC. I wouldn't shot one late in the season if I passed on it earlier. In Md the deer population is so out of control it's not an issue. I've hunted about a dozen times this year and have passed on 40+ bucks and countless Does. The only reason I wait to shoot something I wouldn't mount has to do with the odds of seeing a big deer. You don't get a very big window when the big deer will show themselves during the daytime unless there is very little preasure of someone or some thing kicks him up.

Last year I screwed up big time wasting my time on a pretty 10 point knowing I wouldn't mount him. To make a long story short I wasted all of my energy on him holding the bow back waiting for him to clear a tree. When a huge 8 point showed up 20 minutes later I was too worn out. I won't make that same mistake.