3rd and 4th are delightful if you want to wait 3-10 years to hunt.
I'd rather hunt whatever tag I can get my hands on.
Most often that is archery or 2nd season.
This is my 2017 3rd season buck (not a backpack hunt). Old, big and wide, but after getting drilled through the chest, he rubber legged it right off a cliff! It took me 3 days to find most of the broken side.