Although I see both sides of this......I have thought about it since I saw the original post.

The "business" side of deer hunting (if they had no antlers) would simply shift to the eradication market. We'd have fewer taxidermists......fewer outfitters......fewer hunting related manufacturers......less technology.....etc...etc...etc...

So....the "antler" camp has a trickle down effect on the "heritage" camp (IMO). I'm not sure the advancements we've seen in bowhunting woud have come about so quickly if the pursuit of large racked deer/Pronghorn/elk/etc... wasn't so prominent.

I honestly don't have a deer hunting "heritage" background.....and I can say with 100% honesty....that I don't know for SURE if I'd have gotten into deer hunting if they were all antlerless. I got into the game at such a time in deer hunting's era. I don't think that makes me "shallow". I think it makes me honest. I just don't know.

The question posed is a good one. It makes you think. I'm not surprised.