ORIGINAL: tsoc
When you expend significant effort you expect to reap the rewards.I don't like not seeing deer although I know I only need to see the right one.If I am consistently not seeing deer it is indicative to me that I havn't selected the right spot.So I need to put the effort in to getting on the animal or animals I am hunting.
I get far less frustrated bow hunting because to me it is a more passive form of huntingyou are setting up and hoping the deer will come to you.Sitting in a tree with your safety harness cinched tight with the sun on your face is a great place to escape from the stresses and strains of every day life.
Rifle hunting for me is far more effort intensive,walking many miles,still hunting in the thickets,uop and down mountains.I want to make it happen and when that kind of effort is expended I start to get a bit cranky if I don't create opportunities for myself.I still enjoy every minute of it though!
Very interesting point of view tsoc. I never thought of the total difference between bow and gun. Gun hunting for me too is often a very intensive form of hunting, I can see how expecting results with that type of hunting would be expected to a certain point - especially since so many people think that gun hunting isn't a challenge at all
Good post.