Absolutely up to the individual. Obviously the response to wasting the meat is a given!!

I think WAY too many people get caught up on " inches" of bone and b/c scoring etc. If you want the rack hanging on your shed, go for it. I know a few old timers that have some incredible deer, that would score extremely well, and they could care less about the books and shoulder mounts. There are many awesome hunters (and fisherman) who harvest (or catch) true trophies and could care less about all of the hype and glamour. My Dad was one of those......

" Rack" always seems to speak my language. Maybe we are related. He could not have said it better than he did.

I guess I am totally satisfied with personal satisfaction. I have killed bucks with very good sets, but I have never had any mounted to hang on the wall, but they are mounted in my memory. In fact, I do not have pics of all the deer I have killed. I hunt to " munch," not to " mount."

I hope the intent of some is (intent) not as conveyed. When it is suggested that a buck be passed if you are not going to mount the head, the message comes across that the primary purpose is just to kill a buck for its set, and nothing more. Also, if mounting is your bag, is mounting a nice doe out of vogue these days?

lol. What? You have more than one.[][]

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If you' re going to nail it to a " shed" and not even a barn, let someone else shoot it or let it die of old age.

OH PLEASE.... give me a break. You' re going to eat the dang thing I hope. If your worries are founded I guess I should have brought home some ears from Southeast Asia and mounted them.... or maybe some of those cute little rubber sandles.[:' (]

OH PLEASE.... give me another break. I feed them to the squirrels in my back yard.

If hunting is all about respect we' d shoot them all with a camera. You kill the things and eat them.

No way am I taking the bait on that line.

Against the rules : nope
Wrong : nope

Does it upset me. Yep because I' m jelous!!! I apreciate the beauty of these animals and the memory alone just doesn' t cut it for me. I want the rack. I want it on the wall. To discard it just gives me the willies. How someone can hunt for the big deer, pass up others (key factor here), and then toss the rack aside once they harvested it baffles me.

Just Jelous in WI-

At least you' re using them for squirrel food. [:' (]

You sound like I did that last robin hood I shot. I was moaning and complaining under my breath - the dang it, not AGAIN kind of thing - till one of the new guys said, ' I wish I could do that.' What' s old hat to you or me seems like the impossible dream to someone else.

Does ARE better eating, ya know. Maybe you really should leave the horns for someone that would appreciate them. Or at the very least use them for knife handles, bow overlays, antler buttons, knapping tools, rattling horns....

Pal, did you not read the entire thread?

I feel like many others here. You do what you want If you don' t want to mount it then so be it.

Let it walk for someone who wants a mount[&:]Yeah right. The trophy is in taking the animal regardless of what you do with the rack.

Mounting the wife Don' t even want to go there[8D]