Stickemup,

I agree with your point, but blaming it on trophy hunters doesn't seem right. Blame it on people's warped personalities or their intolerance for other views, but I dont see where trophy hunting has anything to do with it. Trophy hunting is not bad, nor is it only participated in by bad people. In general the the more hard core, long time hunters tend to become trophy hunters (there are exceptions of course). They may be very opinionated because experience tends to do that to you, but there is a huge percentage of trophy hunters out there who have tolerance for other's point of view and who realize that beginners and casual hunters will have different goals then they do.

I am a trophy hunter who may never even see a trophy while hunting, yet it is a goal that I will continue to have because that is what excites me the most. However, it doesn't bother me if someone shoots a juvenile deer and is excited by it. I don't think it should be encouraged, but if a hunter is excited by that particular experience and it's legal, then go for it. It is my hope that with experience, hunters will become more selective, but I understand that many if not most, will not. I will encourage this selectivity in a friendly, good-natured way. I see nothing wrong with that. It's only when people become insensitive and nasty with their comments, that they get out of line, and I see that from both sides of the fence.