From the middle of October thru mid December, I'm use to hunt every chance I got. I coached basketball and soccer for 20 years, gave up hunting time on Saturdays and Sundays, to coach rec leagues and CYO teams. Finally, four years ago, I took up bowhunting and instead of just missing Sunday mornings, I would miss Sundays all together, including October. My priest would want all coaches to attend mass and I would try to oblige, just not all the time or I would go to six o'clock mass if I got back in time.He would notice and say "I didn't see you at the CYO mass at 9:00 for a few months. Anything wrong ?" I told him I hunted and I'm not giving up on the girls teams or God, just finding time to fit in both.Last year I gave it all up and now my time is my own. I brought up six kids, sent them all to Catholic school, brought them up the right way, and now, I head up to the woods every saturday to sunday night and miss Church during that time. I say the rosary while I'm in the woods, but that's just to save a few souls, and maybe ask for a little help from above. During Lent, I go to mass every day to try to make up for it, call me a hypocrite or whatever, but I hope I'll be judged by what I've done, what I'm doing, and what I believe, and not where I am.