Thread: What constitutes a trophy???

Clearly if i have a choice i pick the animal that suits the best. ie if a hind and yearling i shoot the yearling and leave the hind. If two stags together, i shoot the crap one first.
Certain areas, prob many you can be more selective and i would, esp higher animal numbers.
But you have to remember where i hunt, only DOC land in the nelson region the animal numbers are not high.
The place gets so much 1080 its not funny and hunting pressure.
Hence, i hunt well over a dozen areas , so some places i only go to once a year to manage whats there etc. Being bush stalking, and pretty thick at times its not a walk in the park.
Most of the times you get one chance , stuff that up and its no deer this time. i think i do pretty well, but still when its costing 70 dollars gas, food etc a trip and it might be 3-4 trips before you get a animal
im taking most i come across as not often you get second chances . Velvet stag or not lol.
Of cause trophy heads are just not here unless hunting the tops so you dont leave animals for the sake of anyone else if thats your wish.
Always mostly only take one, leave everything else for next time or someone else.
I might leave one for myself later etc(good stag in velvet) but being a meat hunter around here theres not much point. .
The key is to not flog one place. hunt new areas, and many so animals are always there for next time, Hard yards required thuu but experience and time you can do pretty well in even low animal number areas