Why not shoot a trophy buck in the head if you are worried about meat. That's BS. You cant eat the antlers, right? What is the sick obsession with wanting to shoot them in the head? I think there are those that just enjoy the gore of it. This f-n garbage about "drop them in their tracks" is also a joke. The meat argument is crap. Behind the shoulder broadside is the safest shot. If you don't have the shot, don't friggin shoot.
And don't even start the ethics/legal argument. You have to except the fact that because something is legal doesn't make it ethical. PERIOD.
Laws are how the courts judge behavior, ethics are how you are judged by your peers.
Its disrespectful and a low margin for error. Don't do it.