Trevor, solid reply...

IDK, I have always been an advocate of counting coup-I could have killed you but I didn't. That's what puts the excitement into hunting, at least for me. Iemployeeseveral methods when in the bush. I love the camera (I can hunt legally year round), especially when I can see my own reflection in an animals eyewithina photo I've taken. Rememberthe photo ofRob and the mt. goats? That's the close I endeavor to acheive. I am sure Rob could have killed the billy in that group, but his goal wasn't so much to just kill. He wanted to kill at close range. I have dropped/tossed small rocks and sticks on critters leaving them unharmed. I have evenweaseled in close enough to touch animals (I touched a spike elk on the nose with a broadhead. My bow was at full draw. Legally, I could have killed him butopted to give a free pass. I grabbed a ten point whitetail quickly by the horns and then set him free)I guess I have always felt there's a time and a place for killing, and there certainly must be a good reason. I do not feel I need to kill everything. I think for me the peak of the rush comes the moment I knowmy preycould be in the bag-not to be confused with "is in the bag". I certainly account for all the dynamics when I make this assessment.

To a degree I feel remorse when I have killed. Yeah, I've won, but now the game is over. I think that is the reason I push elsewhere...I establish a new game. Nothing calms my soul more than being in the woods. Nothing gets my heart pumping more than being close and counting coup.