To answer the simple question....there are 2 types of trophies, absolutes and conditionals. Absolutes are easy they are the big book bucks, that are considered gigantic regardless of the areas they come from. Conditionals are trophies that for one reason or another are extremely special to the person who took them. Size, situation, experience, what ever the case may be.

Now I probably wouldn't turn down a free hunt from the king ranch, just for the experience itself. I don't think I'd feel very proud of the deer I took there, cause it just seems like you are picking thru the herd and eventually one of the right size walks by. You don't have to match wits or anything like that. I'm not such a glutton as to only want to kill big bucks on hard pressured public land, but somewhere in the middle is nice. Enough pressure to keep things honest, but not a slaughter before the deer get to show potential.