Any deer I get is a trophy to me. I will take any doe I can all season long. The younger, the better. The meat of a buck, any size, has that musky odor so I prefer does for putting in the freezer. The only buck I will take is one that is worth putting $500 into mounting it. What I mean by that is the rack has to be wider then the ears and have some mass to it. Here in MD, we have to take a second doe before taking a second buck for each season of firearm, ML, and bow. I think this has helped control the deer population by cutting down on just trophy hunting for anything that has horns. Ofcourse, this is just for us honest hunters. If a crooked trophy hunter wanted to, they could check in two phantom does so they could go right back out after the horns. But I say.....to each, his own.