I don't buy it... When is the last time you have ever heard, "Old Joe and his group haven't killed anything in 10 years but he is one heck of a hunter."

You don't...

What you hear is "boy that Joe is one heck of a hunter, he killed himself a nice bull and then called in another half a dozen bulls this season for his family. They kill good bulls every year."

The entire point of the hunt is the pursuit and the kill...

Now don't get me wrong, I love the outdoors but, without caribou to kill, I wouldn't be going to the Artic Circle... The surroundings ADD to the experience but they aren't the reason for the experience.

That is the difference between a tree hugger and a hunter, both love the outdoors, is the pursuit and the kill...

SA

PS. You must call a guy that never catches fish... a good fisherman?