ORIGINAL: drhntr178
ORIGINAL: Germ
ORIGINAL: drhntr178
I dont know if "fun" goes into the equation of being "great." Ihave lots of fun playing golf but, I am a far cry from being great.
Golf and Bowhunting are two different beast IMO.
Some of my greatest hunts are the ones where I did not take an animal.
Golf has a defined standard rules and goal, bowhunting has standard set of rules, but one's goal will differ from another.
I think the defined goal/obect of hunting would be to kill an animal. Why else would we bring a weapon and buy a permit to kill that animal. We can, as hunters, also set other goals during our hunts; such as seeing more deer, killing a big buck, making a clean kill, etc. These personal goals/objectives would be the intangibles that change from one to another.
You know I guess that is why Bowhunting is so great, it does not have to be about the "kill" to me.
In 2002 I did not kill a buck, but I got close to the biggest one in our woods 3 times(I seen). I had my bow back once he just did not stop. I had a great season, and I hunted hard. Was I any less of hunter thanthis year in 2006? Because I shot the biggest deer in the woods(that I know), luck was on my side. If the tree would have not fallen over two days before who knows what I would have got him.
We put so much pressure on "killing a deer" we loose focus in really what make bowhunting great, and what makes a great bowhunter.
Respect for the woods
Respect for animal
Respect for his fellow Bowhunters.