I consider myself to be a trophy hunter, but to an extent. Here is my reasonings. I hunt for a buck that would be fairly large in my books, but it depends on where I'm hunting in my state. Public land I want to shoot something descent and respectable because I know the area and know there is something out there that is descent. On my grandparents land I hunt for a buck that is larger then what I have shot, or something descent. I'm not gonna fill my tag on a little rag horn because the following year they will get bigger. I know a lot of people hunt does but I have not. A-there not as elusive as a big buck, B-the meat is not really that important to me, and C-I would rather hunt for a buck.
I try to shoot something respectable every year, in order to practice game management. I have hunted my grandparents place the last two years and shot a 4x4 that scored close to 140, and this year a 5x5 that scored around 160. My relatives practice management, they would rather shoot a doe, or a small basket rack buck, then shoot a buck that has lots of potential. That is the reason they are getting good deer.
So all in all I am considered to be a trophy hunter, but if I don't get a trophy I'm not gonna settle on shooting something that has potential the following year. I like being out there hunting, not grocery shopping.