This has got to be the biggest hunting paradox to explain to someone who doens't hunt. I don't think I have a way that a nonhunter would truly get. You all would understand my explaination, but to a non-hunter I just don't know it they'd get it. Killing is a part of hunting and I'll do so without hesitation on an animal I've set my sights on. But I don't like to kill things at random. Yes I am happy when I see the animal fall, but it's the reasons WHY it fell that make me happy rather than the fall itself.

As far as the overt reactions, I just don't understand that for TV. I'm not saying I don't express myself, but to go nuts like they do, I just don't see it. I've put my hands in the air, or gave a fist pump, but have never uttered anything more than a small "yes" or "thank you". And the older I get the less animated I am.