RE: billion dollar industry
BT what you don't seem to grasp is that to some hunters a scrawny buck is just as much of a trophy as a monsterbuck club member's buck. Who's to say a buck must score over 150" to be considered a shooter...you? naw! I don't buy into that!
I hunt for the sheer enjoyment of it . If a big ole mossback comes down the trail great but I feel no less elated if it's a spike. I've hunted no harder to kill my 168 3/8" buck than I did to kill a scrawny buck many a time.
I even kill a doe or two for meat when the herd needs it around my placeS. But when the herd is down in numbers I won't kill a doe I either hunt for a buck or take a button buck or two for the meat.
You need to realize not everyone is in awe of horns, it is the experience of the hunt we enjoy!