RE: Finally!
You are OK......I felt much the same. I gave up rifle hunting for the same reason, lack of interest. Seemed to loose its pazazz and wasn't fun anymore. Just couldn't get excited when the season came around. I quit hunting for six years and really didn't miss it one bit. I had more fun feeding deer and turkey in my back yard.
My new neighbor was showing me his gun collection one day and the rifle that caught my eye was a his Remington muzzleloader. I couldn't belive how it was so much like a modern rifle. That put a bug in me that never went away. Spent the next couple months researching everything I could on muzzleloading. Then went out and bought a T/C Encore. My wife was very skeptical that I was wasting my time and money but I was determined to hunt again but with a muzzleloader.
Long story short, this being my first year I waited until rifle season was over and hunted during muzzleloader season........shot a doe dead in her tracks.......biggest thrill I have had in a long time.......can't wait to do it again. Something about just having one shot that made this all so worthy. I see it as giving the deer a better chance and forcing the hunter to be more skillful.
I am hooked and love it!