I think that if a person shoots a deer and they feel its a trophy then good for them. Its hard enough to harvest a deer with a bow. I myself place a goal on myself to shoot an older buck with my bow and an older doe. I wont shoot yearlings. Thats the goal I place on myself. But to be honest I hunted a buck that I knew was an older buck and was way up there in years and last time I saw him he was an 8 pointer with a declining rack but a huge body. I never sealed the deal and we found him dead that same year. It was too bad because I enjoyed the thrill of hunting him. I myself practice QDM, but the young deer have a free pass by me. Its just too bad we have a gun season cause some of those hunters shoot any thing that moves.