I'm an antler hunter, and I'm not the least bit ashamed to admit it. I have a small cow/calf herd at home and, at any given time, I have at least half a dozen steers in the fat lot. I do love to eat venison, but I certainly don't need the extra meat to survive. Not to mention that I can raise beef cheaper than I can harvest venison (once you calculate how much I've spent on deer stands, my bow, arrows, etc). To top it all off, if you add up all the time I waste on scouting, hanging stands, bow practice, and actually hunting, the cost of hunting gets even bigger considering that I could have spent that time working for a wage. Deer hunting is my commune with nature, and, God willing, my chance to catch up with a big mature buck. That being said, when I shoot a deer, it goes straight to the butcher shop. I make it a point to waste as little as possible. Then again, if my freezer is full of venison, I may not even bother filling a tag. If my freezer is running low, I wouldn't hesitate to shoot a nice fat doe.