As I look back over my hunting career, the encounters, not the kills are what jump out at me as the most memorful(is that a word?). Just getting the chance to bowhunt is good enough for me, arrowing a deer is just a bonus. The most gratifying thing is when I see a nice buck that I know Ive passed on in the prior years. Being successful is not just killing if it were our sport wouldn't be called hunting. I live for those close encounters with all the wildlife be it deer, a coyote that was close enough to drop kick, the owl that landed a foot behind your shoulder, etc.....