zrexpilot,

now is your main purpose to hunt for meat or to "kill something" because you've stated both and there is a big, big difference difference. If you're just out to "kill something" you ought to take up predator hunting or, well, even fly swatting. You'll be hard pressed to find very many, if any, hunters on all of HNI who say they had due to the "thrill of the kill."

Crockit, I'm with you on this, I believe there is much more to hunting than the actual harvest of the animal, to me hunting is much more than a pursuit. It's an opportunity to experience god's creation in nature and to become more aware of the world around me all the while pursuing a truly majestic animal. Going along with what you're saying, I can have an uber succesful morning in the deer woods and never once draw my bow or take off the safety. there is just so much more to hunting than taking the animal, fortunately there are many who DO see this