RE: how is this "hunting"
I'll add one more comment:
If the only reason you hunt is for trophies, you're hunting for the wrong reason. My most favored "trophy" is a tanned doe hide - my first with a bow and one of the most unbelievable days afield. I have racks that will score and others that won't - doesn't matter. My mounts are snapshots of memories that mean nothing to anyone but me. There are many and varied hunting memories to be made. Some I like, others I do not, but you'll never know if you don't try.