RE: What makes for a successful hunt?
My most successful hunts are those that I can give a newbie an exciting experience. I get the feeling of the first kill through others. My most memorable hunt, was taking my 3 year old out squirrel hunting. She would not let me touch the squirrel we shot. That little girl carried that squirrel everywhere. I would take her fishing too. I would have the diaper bag over one sholder, and the creel over the other. I like getting back to my roots of hunting. My fathers health is not good enough to get out anymore. This was the man that tought me everything I needed to further my skills. I like to go visit with him and go through the old albums. These memory hunts to me are the most successful. They make me realize how I became the hunter that I am today. Often, lifes trails take us in various directions and it is times like these that help us find the path again when we stray too far.