Interesting thought. Personally I could not bring myself to shoot a deer in the hind quarters for the horns. Everyone is different but for me it would forever stain my reasons and beliefs for hunting. Food.
I have a hard time believing anyone nowadays uses the "hunt for food" excuse as a viable and legitimate excuse for hunting. When one adds the total cost of gas, guns and ammo, license fees, so called "big buck camo", purchase price and taxes on hunting land/lease fees, tree and/or box stands, and all the other hunting accessories most think they cannot do without, saying hunting is primarily to feed yourself and the family is.... well, not viable and legitimate.
I know there are a few hunters that hunt only public land or have the privilege to hunt someone else's private land for free(me included), but even then, the final cost per pound for most game taken is well above the cost of store bought premium cuts. Don't get me wrong, I eat a lot of venison, wild turkey and other legal wild game and enjoy taking game only for eating and not for the trophy. But I don't kid myself or others and I'm not foolish enough to think that I'm only out there for the food, and try to justify my reason for hunting as a cost saving venture......I'm out there for the sport, the hunt, my valued tradition of hunting, the outdoors, the companionship of friends and everything else that goes along with it. Read my post,
Some will say it's not an ethical shot...and I personally don't recommend it for most typical deer.......
I didn't and still don't advocate a deers hind quarters for a primary target. I just answered the original posters question honestly and accurately( to the best of my personal experience) about "droppin' em in their tracks".