There are a lot of reasons why people feel a sense of achievment in taking a whitetail and I could name many that others have claimed as theirs. However, I will name 3 of my own. 1, is to feed my family great food. 2, is to server my friends a taste meal that they don't often get else where when they visit me. And 3, I know an old woman who's husband no longer can hunt, because of her health her doctor has reccomended that she, when she does, eat lean meat, venison being a good example. It's a joy to be able to give her some.

These people who derided the old hunter may have been anti hunters, because of your description they meet one of the definitions of their kind. They know they cannot stop people from shooting all deer so they have taken belittling hunters that shoot young ones or who use guided hunts or hunt behind fences or any form of legal hunting. Anyone who derides and belittles a hunter who takes legal game, is an anti hunter. That is not just my .02 cents, it is the definition of a anti hunter.