I've had my share of "success" in a short deer hunting life.....but my greatest day afield (deer hunting) didn'tculminate ina kill.

I see both sides of the argument. I really do. There have been times when I have failed. No question (I wounded a deer, last year.....that ended up being fine). But the 41 hunts I wen ton last year that didn't see me harvesting an animal were part of an overall "successful" season. If I hadn't put the "failure" days in on stand.....the "successful" days might not have happened.

If you look at it in terms of each day being a barometer of a single hunter's "success" or "failure".....I think you're looking at the small picture. Big picure.....when everything's said and done.....and your season culminates......look yourself in the mirror and be honest.

Were you "successful" in your goal (whatever that may have been)? Or....did you "fail"?

I had a very successful 2006 season. That same, exact season, this year, would have me giving myself a different grade. "Success" will be graded on a different scale, this year.