I personally feel it has a lot to do with "Keeping up with the Joneses". Television has so glamourized the size of a deers antlers that some folks feel like a hunt is a failure if they harvest a doe or a buck with antlers under 160". Personally, I think it's kind of dumb but whatever floats someones boat is cool with me. Don't get me wrong, if a buck with some nice head gear steps out in front of me, I'm definitely punching a hole in his pump station. But I'm not going to set all day and pass on perfectly fine deer in hopes of knocking Milo Hansen off the podium.