To me a trophy buck is best left in the woods. I hunt only for the meat and I will take a doe over a buck for that purpose every time. I have eaten bucks that were not to bad but they are nowhere near as good as the does. The last big buck I shot we ended up feeding most of it to the dog. He didn't even like it very well. When I was a kid I used to hunt for the big bucks but as I got older I would rather watch them rucuss around and just enjoy seeing them . I hate to shoot what took so long to become a trophy. I quess its hard for most hunters to understand. I still like to shoot them but now with a 35MM instead of a 7MM.