To add to my point... you're right... Trophy Hunters can be downright awful. I have found that hunting mature bucks has far been more fun and challenging than hunting "Trophy" bucks. But I think that anyone that has hunted land with buck restrictions and hunters' kill discipline will agree that the hunting is MUCH more fun and hunting is better. Greed hurts us all.

Young kids... yes, let them shoot but teach them to "invest" in their hunting future by learning to pass immature bucks.

It's just about being a good hunter and conservationist.

It's also about harvesting what the situation will or can absorb. Everybody can't go out and shoot every buck they see! Immature bucks are WAY too easy to kill.... but only if they exist!

IDK... my club shoots mature bucks and allows kids one 3.5 yr old buck per season and the rest of their allotted bucks have to be 4 yrs old or older and we see bucks on just about every hunt. Unless it's a first time buck hunter, we do NOT shoot bucks under 3 yrs old and everyone in my club is happy about the hunting and seeing bucks.