RE: Shooter or nothing
Deer are scarce where I hunt so I have to take what I can get essentually. I have no problem with it because I'm really only meat hunting anyway. If I happen to see a monster then even better. If I had access to land where I was able to see 50 deer a day I'm sure I'd take the same aproach as you guys. Now I'm lucky to see 3 deer a day and sometimes go several days in a row w/out seeing any.
Nowadays there seems to be more trophy hunters than meat hunters. Fine by me as long as they're taking their kids w/them.