RE: How many
Last fall I passed (could have shot) two immature bucks that offered broadside to quartering away shot at less then 30 yards. Both were basket bucks that should be nice deer next year if others were as selective as I was.
I like you, took a doe for my freezer and ate buck tag soup. I'd rather eat a doe and buck tag soup and have a chance to connect with a wall hanger every 3-4 years, than eat a small buck every year.