RE: Are we making too much of " Trophy" status?
Nope Your not all alone there.
Last year I got thinking that I needed to get a limb hanger. I figured I would look for long spurs on a gobbler before I would pull the trigger. Well Even with a scope I could not get a good look at spurs. After passing up a few dandy gobblers I reilized that what I was trying to do was nearly impossable. So I took the next mature gobbler that gave me a shot. Well I got a a limb hanger after all. but it wasn' t by choice, it was by chance. And after all of that I still feel that any gobbler is a trophy. There is a group of people in town that have a turkey board. The guy who gets the heaviest Gobbler wins. They also have a prize for the smallest gobbler. But I think it is sad in a way. I belive most of those guys only hunt for that stupid turkey board. If it wasn' t for that board some of them guys wouldn' t hunt at all. To me hunting turkeys is about the experiance of being in the great out doors not the size of the harvest. I also like to hunt with my friends. So sharing the events in the woods means more to me than getting a bird. The bottom line to me is Hunt for yourself, Don' t hunt too impress other people. I have enjoyed more days in the woods going home without a bird, than I have going home with a bird.