RE: hunting becoming a competition
I don't worry about what other folks say because I'm usually not even of the same mindset. I would rather shoot a young doe or buck since the meat is much more tender and tastier. Whenever one of my trophy hunter friends shows up with a huge, rut-swollen buck, I congratulate them, but at the same time I'm thinking that most of that meat is going to end up thrown in the trash the following year.