I'm beginning to believe that what we are dealing with here is a mind set that truly can not understand what we are saying. I don't believe they lack the mental faculties to comprehend, It's just clear that, in their minds, the most important goal (possibly only goal) in deer hunting is taking a trophy animal. All other values and hunting traditions take a back seat to that single minded obsession and they can not deal with the fact that not all share it. I liken them to religious fanactics who have become self annointed appostles bringing the truth the heathen. When I started warning about this obsession with antlers I didn't appreciate how irrationaly obsessed some can be. I didn't appreciate how little respect they have for the deer nor how often some associate killing an animal with manliness. Is it any wonder that more and more young people are choosing to distance themselves? I believe they see what the american sportsman is becoming, or has become, and they want no part of it. The stereotype of the crude, unthinking, uncaring, brute who kills for bragging rights is being confirmed for them. Sadly I'm not surprised.