Not to me.........if it were, then every time I didn't kill something I would feel disappointed as if the hunt was a failure. Hunting is SOOOOOO much more then just killing something for me. There have been a few times (everyone's had them) when I barely sat down and I looked up to see a deer headed my way.........10 seconds later it was dead and I was done hunting. I can say without exception those "hunts" rank pretty low on my best memories list.

Yes..........the point is to kill..........and if given the chance I will do so without hesitation. It is just such an unbelievably tiny part of hunting that it doesn't make sense to think that is my sole reason for being there. I always describe the kill as "part of the deal"..........I'm not out there to make friends or take pictures......it's as serious as it gets and it's not always pretty. That's life. I do things that people who don't understand think I am crazy for just to provide the quickest, most humane kill possible and I feel a full range of emotion when I end a life............I also do not kill something unless I am going to eat it.

I don't know how to properly convey those thoughts to some people though..............they think I am out just hoping I can kill something.......just for the sake of killing it........so I can smear my face with blood and howl at the moon or something.

It's hard to show excitement without it being mistaken for bloodlust I guess.




Yes..........some of my most memorable times on stand did not result in a kill.......many I didn't even get a shot. If I based my getting out of bed on the actual odds of me killing a deer that day I doubt I would ever get up I don't hunt places crawling with deer..........more times then not I don't even SEE a deer.........let alone kill one.


I don't "enjoy" killing something.............I know what you are saying but I would never word it that way personally.



I sure do..........and you are 100% correct.........That is all a non hunter would take from that if it was a conversation.