Trophy hunting: For or Against?

[Keith]

>>>>Sorry, Keith. I wish you were right.<<<

I'm not arguing that it doesn't happen occasionally, I'm stating the fact that it is a felony to do so.
PETA has been actively fostering the myth that the term "Trophy Hunting" means that you just take the horns. And a lot of people, including (apparently) the starter of this thread take the term to mean just that. Every time they hear somebody referred to as a Trophy Hunter, they think that's what he is up to.

I don't think it happens very often. I suspect most cases of this are simply somebody finding a dead animal with a good rack and they just take it and leave the meat because it's spoiled. Somebody else comes along and says "Ha! Trophy Hunters!"

Keith

 

[Singleshotshorty]

I'm Both a meat hunter and a trophy hunter, I normally take a couple of good size does for my meat but let smaller bucks go so they can grow up and be big bucks. I just see no need in harvesting a buck smaller than one than I want for a wall hanger. I guess you can chaulk it up to my age I'm 55 now and like quality more than quantity besides when you shhot that's when the work starts. Oh by the way I als think that a respondsible hunter does not harvest anything that he does not plan to eat.