Stickun,

Success will depend on what your goal is. If your only goal is to shoot an animal, then it will not be successful unless you do.

Personally, I never have that as my only goal. In fact, I don't have the same goal on every hunt. Sometimes, I use hunting as a release from the pressures of work. If I come out of the woods relaxed and feeling good, I was successful that day. Most days, my goal is to enjoy the outdoors while trying to get as close to deer as I can undetected. I find myself just as satisfied if a buck walks by and I pass on it, as I do when I kill one. Actually filling a tag has never been needed for me to be successful in obtaining what I was after.