I' d say that I' m a meat primarily. I usually get a cow tag for the rifle season. Now, if I have a cow, a 4x4 raghorn and a big 6x6 all standing there guess which one is getting the arrow.
If I shot a record book Bull/Stag/Buck..etc and I was faced with a situation where I only had one choice on carrying out the choice cuts or carrying out the trophy. The trophy would win every time. (Nice if you can do both.)
In my situation there' s always plenty of opportunity to take another animal for meat, as we don' t have limits/tags/seasons etc.
You can legally do that in New Zeland? That' s poaching here and is jail time. We always get the meat out no matter what.