[quote]ORIGINAL: DropTine249

Wow...This is a good topic...

I enjoy EVEY hunt. Anytime I sit in a stand, Im having fun.

I love all aspects of hunting, from letting the little guys walk, taking doe, hanging stands, planting plots, clearing lanes, making scraping areas, setting and checking trail cams..you name it, I love it. I have so much fun working the properties to better the conditions for deer and my chances at harvesting a nice buck.

If you take what the woods gives you, awesome...you had fun and ejoyed the outdoors. For me, I love seeing deer, they all get my heart pumping, but I know when I see a buck I want to harvest. Even if I dont know that particular buck, have no history with him...If my heart starts pumping hardand I have to take a deep breath..then I know he is a shooter..and that is so addicting, seeing as how it doesnt happen eveyday.

So as a whole, what makes hunting "fun" to me ishaving ahobby that affords me the ability to spend timein and with wildlife, and itis never ending. Its 365 days per year. Seeing deer makes it fun. Seeing deer use what you provided for them, makes it fun. Having it ALL come together, even if you harvest a doe out of that set, thats fun...

I dont have to stick a racked deer to enjoy myself, but working to grow bigger deer and seeing your efforts pay off, thats fun.
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Droptine,
You and I look at it the exact same way. We work year round on our ranch trying to grow better deer and like you said seeing it pay off is awesome....I could not have said it better myself but I might add my wife and kids aregetting into it also and that adds a whole other dimension of fun to it for me......