It's a matter of philosophy and different needs/desires of hunters. I know a lot of people who are going out for the meat first, and once they have their first deer or two go trophy only.

Others don't need a lot of meat, and want the trophy animals instead.

I'm like a lot of the hunters I know in that I want to get my doe early on so I can only worry about getting a buck after that. I only need to get one deer to give myself enough venison to eat for the year. A second deer means I'm swimming in venison which isn't a real problem when you think about it. I just really want to get my eating deer down early on.