"Any bow kill is a trophy"...
All of you are WAY overthinking this!
When someone says this, they dont literally mean "trophy". It is a simple phrase, with a simple meaning. When you say it, you are just saying that bowhunting is extremely hard in its own way. Almost as if you've done something difficult and deserve a trophy.
Thats all there is to it.

EVERY deer is a trophy, just maybe not every hunt!

I know i get more pumped up about the hunt when i kill one with my bow, but am still damn proud of what i kill with a gun!

Trophy... nevermind

If I dont feel that ANY deer that I shoot is a trophy to me, I wont shoot it.

If you shoot a deer at 20 yards with a 300 mag an consider it a trophy so be it. I think the trophy logic also is taken in the difficuilty level. Thats is why a doe is considered a trophy also. If you do not consider anything that you take the life of a trophy why do you shoot it an not give it that honor. Go to the store an buy your groceries.

I could care less how others define the deer they shoot.

Yea, the quotation marks around the title were a dead giveaway

early, I think you have a secret obsession with Jeff ...... he consumes your thoughts ... hence some of your recent posts

I disagree that any deer killed with a bow is a trophy. Anyone can kill a deer with a bow in my opinion. Ive seen some deer that look like they have no clue what is going on and would come in no matter what you did. What im saying is that someone who doesnt put any time into scouting or any thought into scent control is going to get lucky sooner or later and shoot a young(dumb) deer. However, the guys that can go out and get in close to a 5.5+ year old buck or doe can consider that a trophy. With older deer I believe a lot more weight falls on your stand location, scent control, being quiet in the stand etc. A 5.5 year old monster is much more of a trophy to me then a young deer that doesnt know any better. As far as deer killed with a rifle, shotgun and muzzleloader I think that can be pretty easy. Especially with a rifle that can reach out to 300 yards, I dont consider that to be real challenging.

I'm proud of every deer I have taken but would not call every doe a trophy. I have shot doe that I felt that way about and have my eye on a fat old piebald doe that has messed with me for years and I sure would consider her a trophy if I was able to lace her this season.

I have also come to full draw on young doe ofthe year while sitting on the ground 10 feet away. I could have clubbed the little lady. It would not have been a trophy. Dang I could have hand fed her apples..