I think some care because they have a chip on the shoulder. I was thinking about this last night. I know that this not an absolute, but it seems to me that many that started hunting later in life and yet have gotten caught up in a type of horn lust are the ones that care about many of these trivialthings.
Huh??
I started hunting when I was 8 years old with my Granddad. I am now 48but I too suffer from this "horn lust" that you speak so eloquently but yet so disparaging of.