To be very honest, I usually make that decision when the moment of truth arrives. Even tho hunting NH/Maine has proven to beunproductive at times, I will wait for the buck, especially early in the season. Also, we hunt areas in NH designated bucks only when we could hunt literally across the road, in a different zone, for any deer.

When I first started hunting, I would take the first legal deer I saw without question.
I guess the longer you have been hunting, the more selective you get.

Doe's for meat and management,bucks for the challenge,the wall and of course the meat.

I shoot bucks, cause does are by special quota and permits.

its for the meat not a trophy....dont mid shootin a nice buck though