I think we're crossing wires here. Deer hunting pumps me up more than any other game I can hunt for FOOD. It's a rush unmatched by other hunts, for me anyway. LittleChief, I shoot copperheads without thinking twice about the "life" I'm taking when I find them around the house. Coyotes? They're vermin. I shoot one, I feel nothing. No remorse. No more than I do when I plunk those "cute" little squirrels (tree rats) off my bird feeders. I don't know why a deer is more special to me life wise than a coyote, but it is. If we didn't like to kill, excuse me, love to kill, we'd all just shoot 3D targets all the time.