I guess I'm not that hung up on the "challenge". I don't see hunting as being a sport, either. It's a way of life, existing out there in the woods, and putting meat in the freezer. Within that framework, I'm going to play around with getting a big buck so long as I get my meat tags filled. Taking a big buck is all the challenge anyone could want, and it provides the kind of movable standard (maybe any branched antler buck is a trophy in your woods and a 130 buck is a trophy in mine) to infuse any hunt with challenge.