For me it changes every hunt based on a lot of factors.
1)Do I still have meat from last year in the freezer?
2)Do I have meat in the freezer from this year?
3)What hunts do I still have left in the season and what is the likelihood of filling those tags?
4)What am I seeing and how many days do I have to hunt?
5)In state, out of state, otc, quality tag.
All these go into my decision on whether to pull the trigger or release an arrow or at least I try to use them as my decision. More times than I can count have I told myself I was holding out, only to whack the first buck I saw. No regrets on any of them either because they all provided meat for the freezer which is the ultimate goal
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Yea, at different times I could have marked any of those categories. A couple of times when hunting high buck way back in a wilderness area I would have been called a trophy hunter albeit I agree about confusion on the term. At the time there was a lot of season left and I was looking for something special.
Other times when there were more deer, I was young and had a lot of time I have let smaller bucks go but that does seem to change as the season gets late because ultimately, I value the hunt, the meat in the freezer and the size of the horns in that order. I do want to be successful, but I would draw the line at shooting a doe even if legal. Just to be clear though, that is a personal decision. I wouldn't think less of someone who did.
Right now, it would be the first legal buck or bull.
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