I dont think you could put an individual hunting tripin a success or failure category. Well i take that back, youcan, to me if i shoot an animal, i won, if i dont i lost. Its that simple, Davidmil is right, in the end its about killing an animal. Is that the only reason i hunt, hell no, but it is the main reason, to get a beautiful animal. Going back to my first sentance though, i think you have to look athunting in seasons. If you go out andkill a deer everysingle night, it wouldnt be hunting anymore, it wouldbe killing. To me, hunting is ultimately about putting and animal down, but i know its not a one night thing, most likely it will take and entire season to do it.Some days the deer justdont move, you could be in the right spot at the wrong time. In otherwords, last year i had many many many failures inhunting ( sits without killing) but i enjoyed them all and in the end i got my animal and my season was a success. Hope that makes sense.