What makes for a successful hunt?
I was just wondering what everybody considers a succesful hunt.
Last fall I went on a Trophy elk/comdohunt to British Columbia. I waslucky enough tobag a 6x6 bull. My hunting partner came home empty handed. Thoughwe pulleda succesfull stalk on a black bear for him he didn't harvest the animal because it was a sow with a cub. My friend has raved about how great a hunt it was. I admire his attitude immensely.
We spent a week in some of the most breathtaking country I've ever been previlged to see. We visited Glacier National park on our way to hunt. All in all it was truely a memory packed two weeks to say the least. My point is, if I hadn't harvest an elk would this trip have been a success? I think so simply because we came home with some outstanding memories. So how much emphasis do you put on the actual harvesting of your quarry? The Elk on my wall is great but when I look at it I don't think about the stalk or the shot nearly as much as I do the times I had with a good friend.