Hmmm, I have always had the opposite feelings. To me hunting is all about filling the freezer. It the deer happens to have a nice set of antlers, that is a bonus. I guess with your reasoning, our forefathers weren't hunters either. After all, all they were doing was feeding their families with what they harvested. I am sure all the true hunting pioneers had a log cabin full of trophy racks and hungry families. I don't think any less of hunters that hunt for a trophy as long as they use the meat, but for some reason I don't hear a lot of stories about poachers killing does and leaving the carcus to rot. I do hear a lot about poachers killing bucks, cutting the heads or antlers off and leaving the rest of the carcus to rot however. I guess these are "true hunters".