All grocery shopping for me. Any where from 6 to 12 (multiple states) as needed. No small animals. Big does mostly but on occasion a nice “grandeous” buck.

meat

Both, I have shot 6 bucks that have dressed over 200lbs , one in Northwestern Ontario that dressed 260lbs. All of them were good eating.

I throw the racks in a box, dust collectors.

Ill take a 1-1/2 yo over older ones anyday.

Both
We try and get 5 deer for the family each year.

Bowhunting I hunt the buck I am after and will wait on it until the end of season. I can take a doe if I need it in the back yard about any day of the week.

Gun again I will wait the first few days for that buck that I am after. If it doesn't show then I will take a lone or barren doe from the farm property.

I've only eaten tag soup once in 32 years

Never once waited, or tried to focus on a big one, I always had limited time in the woods, first one that showed up gets it, same with the second and so on till tags were filled. I have taken a few "nicer" bucks, but they made the mistake of showing themselves... I have a pile of antlers outside, most get chewed up by squirrels, could care less, lol

Shoot a doe for meat sometimes, but always on the lookout for big boy, small bucks I just watch.

same here.

Meat. But I do like the look of a rack on a wood plaque. Not a fan of shoulder mounts. Even the only 140 class buck I'll probably ever shoot is on a Walmart plaque at the cabin lol. Last year and this one The Boy says he'll fill the freezer and thats fine with me.

Gotta be a monster to get mounted. Most go on the barn

Strictly a meat hunter, but I always keep the rack, have several spikes and button bucks on the cabin wall, just the skull plate, no taxidermy!

I really enjoy venison stew and venison chili and they both taste better with the meat than the horns.

I would have been hunting these if I'd been around in 1900.

Yep. Most of the time I drill a couple small holes to run tie wire through and hang them on the wall of my porch. Some go on plaques.

Both I hunt for the meat. I usually get a antler less tag to fill the freezer and keep my normal tag for a mature buck. It has been quite a few years since I have taken a buck.

Looks like a shooter to me, lol.

I hunt mature bucks for the challenge. I keep the freezer full of beef. If I shot the first deer I saw I wouldn't get much hunting in.

Meat. I'll shoot over a pile of big bucks to hit a 1.5 year old doe.

2 bucks per season here and 3 does a day ( yes, per day..) so meat is never a problem and we eat venison year round. I’ll usually be picky during the rut and go for head gear and then fill the rest of the freezers with does.