Trophy or meat hunter???

[ANDERWAGON]

Trophy for deer and meat for elk.

[jess]

mature animal is how i put it... I enjoy hunting wise mature bucks...

[D-Rock425]

I shoot the first legal elk I can whitch is normally a cow or spike where I hunt.  In the last few years I have seen myself start to hold out on deer until the end off the season and this was the first year I passed on a smaller bear.

[SkookumHntr]

mature animal is how i put it... I enjoy hunting wise mature bucks...

- Thats about it for me aswell!

[3nails]

 Like others have said the kids hunting now has taken a lot of the pressure off of me. We need 4-5 deer (unless we get an elk) to keep us in the meat for the year so with each kid getting 1 or 2 (with out of state hunts) it lets me concentrate on the rack.

[Pathfinder101]

Somewhere in the middle.  For years I have just killed the first legal buck I have seen in WA, and tried to be a little pickier when out of state.  This year, there was a good bachelor herd where I was hunting, so I hunted for 4 days and finally decided on one.  That said, I generally go into the season with a full freezer as my goal.  Like someone said on the first page, it's nice to have a son that helps too, let's me be a little pickier...
Of course, this year he killed the monster...

[Wanttohuntmore]

If I ever start hunting solely for the meat, then I know it's time to give up being a numbers guy, because that would not pan out financially....  I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of getting a trophy in my book, which means bigger than any prior animal.  Once the last part of the season comes, though, I become a meat hunter.

[ghosthunter]

Meat

[atc250r18]

I tried to be a trophy hunter this year with my multi deer tag.  I had one good opportunity at a nice buck but I fumbled with my new ML.  I ended up taking a small 3 point at 540 yards with my 270 wsm the last week of MF.  Not a trophy but with late November collar bone reconstruction I'm plenty happy.  A trophy in my book.  I probably won't try for a multi again and I'll probably stick the first thing with horns from here on out.

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[jamesjett]

They are trophies to me.  I have not harvested many, but they have all put meat in the freezer and left me with lifetime memories.

[Alan K]

I'll pass smaller deer holding for a big guy until it gets down to the last day or two, then it's meat in the freezer. Where's the both option? 

[jstone]

Meat hunter, This time of year

[Stickerbush]

I'm shootin the first legal thing I see. Havent filled a big game tag yet though, probably will become more of a trophy hunter after I get a few under my belt. But ultimately I didnt get into hunting for the trophy, it was for the meat and to spend time out of doors

[luckyman]

I was a meat hunter up till around 6 or 8 years ago. The kids are all out of the House now and the wife eats no meat and I eat very little.  If it isn't real nice I'll let it walk and eat my tag. I enjoy the chase and just getting away from everything.

[Ingwe]

25 years ago I would shoot first branched buck I saw. I still see several 2 points and 3 points every year and have no problem passing. I just enjoy hunting. We don't eat much deer meat anymore. I have not shot a deer for 6 years. Since we still had elk meat left from last year, I even passed on an elk this year. Never thought I would do that.