The journey is a part of it but the ultimate goal is to shoot something. You can have the greatest journey in the world, but if you never shoot anything you've flat failed at what you set out to do.
Complete opposite point of view from myself.
I took my son turkey hunting (with me, he's still a year away) this past weekend. He heard a few birds on the roost, saw 14 deer, flung a few arrows at some targets and had a great time. It was a successful hunt to me. Nothing killed. Experience and knowledge gained. Nothing at all failed.