I love to hunt, I live for it. I don't usually watch those hunting shows and I don't get any outdoors magazines besides F-F-G to keep up on fur prices and such. to me too much emphasis is put on the score of the rack, rather than the hunt itself. I understand the need for people to feel the need to verify themselves, or braggarts that want to show others up. and some of the rack hunters have killed a lot of deer and want something to seek out, and it's not about the kill for them but finding something unique. I get to work outdoors and I guarantee i see more game than 99% of the members of this forum, so maybe that's why I don't need the outdoor magazines or hunting shows, I get a chance to live it everyday. and for that I am very thankful to have the opportunity to enjoy it. so my take is, to each their own. the only time I get a little perturbed, is when those "trophy" inch hunters look down upon those of us who harvest whatever comes our way as a means of putting food on the table because they see "their" deer in 2 or 3 years being killed by a local with a family. thankfully there aren't a lot of those.
what there are a lot of, is the guys looking to feed their families, but also want to shoot the big one, and hold a grudge against any other hunter, and feel they are entitled to any deer they desire.
but back to the OP question, I believe most of those hunting shows are looking to sell goods. shooting a big buck is their way of luring "bubba" into beliving if he buys X or Y product he will get the big one. and those folks who "win" a hunt with these outfits are happy with whatever deer comes along, and the hosts likely are set up in the areas the big dogs live, because every place they hunt, sells hunts. so of course they want their advertisers to shoot a monster, so people want to pay them to hunt there. simple as that IMHO
