I actually suspected that and started to type it in (certainly not a predator kill). They would not have been trophy in Alberta,Canada where I lived (idk about the US): the curl of the horn has to reach the corner of the eye. http://www.albertaregulations.ca/huntingregs/gameregs.html
About the hides you seen (from these regulations): It is unlawful, with the following exceptions, to allow the pelt of any furbearing animal to be wasted. (the exceptions were authorized control of problem wildlife).