Luck has very little to do with it. Hunting is not a casino game. Effort, talent and ingenuity will trump luck virtually every time for those who choose not to sit back and wait for "luck"
That is precisely why you have no empathy for the average and why you can't relate to their frustration. You wouldn't be seeing all those doe and passing on 8 pts. if you lived and hunted in an area with 12 PS DPSM. Some are lucky enough to live and hunt in areas where HR has had little if any effect , but the vast majority of hunters live or hunt in areas where the herd has been reduced by at least 40%.
You base you opinions on your personal experience and success rather than on what the PGC stats tell you and what other hunters are experiencing. I base my position on PGC stats , the history of our herd ,over 50 years of deer hunting and common sense. And common sense says that when you have a lot fewer deer a lot more hunters will be unhappy and unsuccessful no matter how hard they hunt.
"The harder you work at something, the luckier you'll get"
While the guy wasnt talking about hunting, it fits the sport of hunting like a glove.
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When hunting becomes work , that's when I'll quit!!! Cutting firewood would be a much more productive type of work and I actually enjoy it and it gets me out in the woods just like hunting.