I think you guys really mistake the way I word things to mean that I get upset cause I didn't "succeed" in an individual hunt. I can assure you when I come home from an unsuccessful hunt, there ain't an instant that I am bummed, upset or whatever cause I didn't get one. Unless I personally screwed something up that I shouldn't have. Failing on a single hunt means absolutely nothing in the overall scheme of things. If I can convey anything to you guys is that believe me when I say just because I consider no deer a failed hunt, it does not for any stretch mean that it was a bad hunt, or I'm depressed, or I didn't enjoy myself, or that I wish I'd done something else instead.
A good example to show you is me an fox hunting. I'm horrible. ( well I may not be horrible, I may just hunt less than prime areas) But it is so cool and so much fun to go out, I have a blast. And believe me I got to be one of the most persistant failures out there.

The fishing and baseball analogies are good, but again, the logic is twisted. Hunting, baseball, fishing all have a very low sucess rate per single repitition, BUT all it takes is one deer, one fish or one hit to reach a level of success. Those areall things that you aren't supposed to succeed every attempt. And of course you don't get upset over it.A ball player goes 0-4 and the coach gives him a stern look, so he replies "Hey coach I was successful out there, I walked up and back from the plate and didn't get hurt."

It's like schools not giving grades, or playing games with no winners and losers. People have successful hunts before they even set foot out the door. I don't understand why one just can't enjoy things for how they are.