I kind of feel bad for you that hunting is such a hollow experience. If you were concerned about conservation, or the future of hunting, you could probably just bid 20k for he tag and gone hunting on your own. It seem pretty clear that shooting a big buck is a lot more important than the experience and interaction with nature, and that is ok, just own it. Don't try and insult my intelligence by claiming the 5k is about conservation. I live in the heart of whitetail country, and for a lot of people I know it is all about inches, and again that is ok. You can't expect me to bend to your values though.
I tend to believe the reason you are so vigorously defending your self here, is because at some level it is hitting a nerve. You came to a website that is dedicated to DIY/public land hunting, and expect us to embrace your deal. That would be like me going to a traditional archery forum and trying to tell them they should all embrace my compound bow, traditional archery is for chumps, and they are stupid for not agreeing with my perspective.
I leave to chase elk and muleys (without a guide and on public land) in a couple of days, and I hope this thread is dead before I get back.