For me personally, I hunt for the experience of being out in the woods, away from daily life, and hoping to get that little bit of excitement that comes with having a chance of accomplishing what I am trying to hunt. That might be a mature buck, a doe, a turkey, a coyote or bobcat, etc. I don't hunt primarily for food but will not waste deer meat if I pull the trigger. I have killed many deer but only one doe. That being my first. I am averaging a deer kill about 1 every 4 years because I do try to harvest a buck that is just as big and preferably bigger than my last. For me, seeing and shooting does and young bucks does not give me the experience I'm seeking. I have mounted 2 deer over 125 and made several skull mounts. I appreciate how different and unique each one is. Mostly, I can look at each one of them and remember how excited I was when the memory was made. I can remember the time of day, the temperature, what was going on in the woods, who I might have been hunting with, what the animal did, etc. I can also tell you the exact date of most.
So for me, hunting a place where young ones are allowed to get some age to mature is important for what I'm trying to gain from the experience. The bucks I mount are not meant to show off or beat my chest and say I'm better than other hunters. There seems to be a broad stroke painted on "trophy hunters" that we are trying to show off how masculine we are by holding out for a big buck. I don't care if anyone sees my mounts but me. I just like to look at them and take a trip down memory lane of a great experience. To each their own.
Nothing wrong with that. Sounds like you're in it for the right reasons. You're not one of the type I consider in that light you refer to. They are out there, though, plenty of them. The only folks I have issues with are the ones who try to dictate how others hunt or consider that there is only one way.