Thread: What constitutes a trophy???

Originally Posted by mawzer308

Fair one, I don't like soft velvet stags being shot as it's a bit of a waste. Hard velvet I have no issue and the Sika stags have beautiful capes that time of year.

Hunting to me is a personal experience. No one should dictate to you what to shoot, when to shoot it or tell you thats not a trophy or it is etc. Its all in the eye of the beholder.
Like the above,shooting soft velvet stags ""is a waste"".
Thats your personal opinion, and thats fine but if im after prime meat and i want to shoot a velvet stag, no ones going to dictate to me that its wrong, and shouldnt do it.
Its no waste to me , cant eat antlers, they are prime eating and i shoot them all day long if i wish and i be happy about it.
People hunt for different reasons, and we all have some different opinions on whats right, and whats not but thats fine. Doesnt mean you right, doesnt mean you wrong, as long as you happy
with the outcome and had a good hunt for you that what matters.

Yes, a trophy can be a certain definition ie got to score a certain score etc but a real trophy is all in the eye of the beholder and is purely a personal choice that you are proud of.

A scrubby 8 pointer in thick bush hands down is more of a trophy to me than spotlighting a escapee in a paddocck that is 16. If you want shoot a velvet stag because meat is your aim, go for it, i
someones elses opinion means nothing but they are more than welcome to have it