Here is the major difference between golf and hunting (now that this thread has been successfully hijacked):

Take a pro golfer and your casual golfer and let them both play a pro level course and the casual golfer is going to get spanked. Let them both go play the casual golfer's home public course, and he will still get spanked (though his score will be better).

Put average joe hunter up against a pro on some highly managed land and the average joe stands a pretty good chance of scoring on the biggest buck of his life. The pro may get a bigger one, but it would likely be close. Put them both on the average joe's favorite public land spot and mr. pro is likely to get spanked.

It's very apples to oranges really, and yes I've done my share of both.