The head vs. meat question is ridiculous. For starters, it is illegal in WI and probably everywhere else to not recover the animal for meat, either for yourself or someone else. And secondly, for me, it would be no trophy, regardless of the rack, if the meat spoiled - that would qualify as a failed hunt. I would rather miss a deer than shoot it and then recover it days later when the meat was no good, even if I could have the head mounted.