Everyone here is a trophy hunter, like it or not!
There isn' t a bowhunter here that would shoot a 4pt that stands 15 yards broadside when there is a 150 class standing 26 yards facing us. I really wouldn' t believe a single person here who said they wouldn' t wait to see if they might get a shot on the 150 class. Hopefully everyone here has the sense not to shoot straight on in this scenrio. A true meat hunter would shoot the 4pt....any of you?
Truer words have never been spoken, but I bet you money that only a " Trophy Hunter" would congradulate some one for their 6 point first buck and in the same sentence say it was a shame they didn' t let the " Little" one walk!
I can honestly say that I am glad I am not a trophy hunter, but a hunter, because after the buck I killed in 74 in Va. I would never have shot another buck in Va. because ones that would surpass him are few and far between in Va. In the almost 30 years since I killed him I have only seen 2 bucks on the hoof that would have surpassed him, one I was driving 65 MPH when I saw him and the other at about 100 yards away while bow hunting.