ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I feel bad for people that cant look at every animal they take and not view it as a trophy.
No offense intended, Bowtech.....but your area may be just a tad different than mine. WHY we allhunt is extremely personal. Our goals will all be different. HOW I hunt is quite different from how I WISH I could hunt.
That may make sense to you, one day.
Every deer is NOT a trophy to me. Some are just does taken to eat. I shoot them & eat them. I am not proud nor ashamed. I've shot fawns, I don't hide it, but I certainly ain't going to flaunt it either.
Thanks, Ryan
To anwser the question, no I have never killed a deer and then not said something because I was assamed. As for the little debate over what a trophy is.....I wish some of the new hunters could go back to when hunting was not like it is now. Growing up in Northern Indiana, you were very lucky to be able to kill a deer with a bow, any deer. Hell, seeing a buck as an accomplishment of it's own. Today, States are managing the herd, hunting are managing the herd. This is the golden time of hunting. So I can see how some would see taking a doe today as not being a trophy, but back in the day, hell yes it was trophy.