Then the rack is a bonus. You shot it for food and got the nice rack in the deal. He's talking about people that hunt for only the rack. I have to agree with him. If you aren't gonna eat it then you don't need to be shootin it.
Agreed. It's one of those tough to prove 'intent' things. All things being equal, a 14 pointer is going to have more meat on average, isn't it? Though personally, being a single guy, I'm perfectly happy with a doe. All indications are that they're better eating anyways.
Well, there are other causes to hunt that wouldn't be for 'sport' as well, so I guess 'trophy' would be a bigger indicator of 'sport' hunting. Of the top of my head:
1. Disease elimination, I think that it would be reasonable to have a number of hunters who are TASKED with eliminating CWD and it's variants by killing* them quickly and humanely. Heck, I'd count an obvious case of CWD as a reason to not tag, or show to a game warden to get the tag back(no you don't get the meat).
2. Safety of people - tracking down and killing an animal that's attacked a human, or engages in behavior that shows a good indication that it's likely.
3. Crop destruction
*After all, it's incurable,