I' m a meat hunter,yes I will take a big elk or deer if it happens to cross my path.My for most cuase of my hunt is the outdoors,2nd is to fill my frezzer.In montana you don' t have the option to harvest a second elk calf or yearling next to her,regardless if it is opening day or the last.As for the ethics of some hunters I seen the cream of the crop last year in centeral montana,there was a heard of elk that go caught in the open between two mountain ranges, out of 600 head, 400 and some were killed, there were pepole(not hunters in my book) who would shoot the cows around the bulls to get a bull,or run them down in pick-ups and 4 wheelers. Yes there were fines and jail time involved for some and others who played by the book got their elk.Any more you see hunters put their principals a side to kill a trophy,my farther always said" If you wan' t to see what kind a morals a person has take them hunting" I' ve seen good pepole do un-ethical hunting for the trophy.BBJ