I don't know about the every deer a trophy part but I am sure nothing else quite sums up happy like a nice hot breakfast of yearling backstrap & eggs and a side of biscuits and "backstrap" gravy.

The perspective I like to use is this.

I, like many predators, often find it easier to pick a couple of young animals from the herd and one reason I do that isbecause when I eat venison I want to eat the youngest most tender deer I can get, so I make sure I get a couple like that every season. Of course I stillhunt anduse the bigger/more maturedeer I kill (mostly in sausage/burgers/jerky) and I giveplenty of meat away everyseason but for the most partthe venison that I keepin my freezerfor my family and friends is more comparable to veal than beef. So unfortunately (for the little deer anyway) there are going to be some that just don't make it this yearand as I carry them out (yes carry not drag) I will hold them proudly over my shoulder knowing the bounty they will provide. It's the law of the jungle the stonger, smarter animals survive the other ones ........welleveryone knowswhat happens to them (unless a QDM guy gives them a pass for like 4 or 5years).