I am from Western NY - southerntier.

I have hunted for 17 years

I have taken 2, 4 pionters - 5, 6 pionters, 3, 8 pointers - a 10 pointer, - and a 11 pointer.
12 total.

I have taken at least one doe every year since I started hunting, a couple of which were button bucks but not many.

I would shoot the mature Doe instead of the 4 pointer.

This past year I took an 8 pointer on the 2nd weekend of Archery and three doe on in Archery and the other 2 opening Day of Shot gun. All three were mature does. I passed up 8 different bucks opening day of archery and a couple in shotgun. Might have been different if I didn't already have meat in the freezer though.

I try to look at the maturity of the animal not the rack. If it is a 4 pointer but looks like its body is filled out and at least a couple years old I wouldn't hesitate to shoot it but if its young why not let it get a little bigger and save it for next year.