Thread: What constitutes a trophy???

I 've never understood why a stag with huge antlers is more attractive to some hunters than one with mediocre ones..can somebody explain that to me? Is it an ego thing? I look back on 57 years of deerstalking and remember fondly deer I took which required huge physical effort, or one I shot 2 minutes after leaving the car, or shooting one 5 minutes before the ballot period closed, or the first deer taken after a very long spell out of the bush due to a chronic illness, but never for the size of the antlers. I realise we are all motivated by different values, but I just don't get the "trophy" thing..just saying.