As far as I'm concerned, ANY animal you take is a trophy... whether it has antlers or not. If you worked hard, prepared, and made a good shot on it, there's no reason you shouldn't think of it as a trophy. From the smallest squirrel to the largest moose, all of my animals are trophies... and no one can tell me any different. But, that's just my opinion. I know people personally who don't consider an animal a trophy unless it's big enough to be a "book" animal. Actually, when I was younger, dumber, and had a BIG chip on my shoulder, I beat the hell out of guy in the parking lot of a sporting goods store. Why? Because a little kid, maybe 9 years old, was justifiably proud of his first ever deer, a small doe. One guy (a stereotypical "bad apple" hunter... you know, big gut, stunk of beer, knew everything) basically told the kid that his deer was worthless because it wasn't, in his own words, "big enough to hang on the wall." told the kid that he never should've shot the deer and advised him not to hunt again until he learns what kind of deer to shoot. Well, as I said, I had a helluva chip on my shoulder back then (I'm talking a redwood sized chip, and I was BEGGING someone to try and knock it off) and I confronted the guy, as he made that poor kid feel horrible, even making him cry. This was the ONLY fight I've ever felt justified in pursuing and I only hope that, to this day, he remembers the fist that broke his nose before he insults someone's trophy. Sorry, HAD to relate that story.