I'm not sure what your trying to say?
Do I take for granted that I'm actually killing an animal?
Or that I good enough to do it?
Neither I guess. Just a general concept and mindset going into and during your season. At no time before or during my season am I thinking about if I'm going to kill a deer (or 3 in my case because that's how many I want to take each year for the meat I use). It's just going to happen every year. There's really no way it can't happen. I was just trying to recall what it's like to go into your season with the outlook of getting a shot at something. I haven't experienced that in a long time.