I also say to each his own. I don' t have any problem whatsoever with trophy hunting. If thats what you' re after, nothing wrong with that. Even though no one has directly said it I get the tone from you " trophy hunters" that because I like to fill my tag even if its a less than boone and crockett animal, that I am somehow not as good a hunter. Someone said that taking a smaller animal makes you a the " most common type of hunter." What does that even mean? I could care less what statistical category I fall into as far as rack size. One could even make the arguement that trophy hunting is a vain practice. Not that I' m saying that.

Hunting is its own reward to me. Bag filled or not. Harvesting an animal is a somewhat sprirtual experience for me. A two point muley gave its life for me to put meat on the table just as much as a monster B&C 5x6 with drop tines.

Again nothing wrong with trophy hunting in my book but I don' t think I' m somehow less of a hunter because I settle for anything but a trophy. Its just a difference in perspective.