Originally Posted by
LittleChief
Whle it is more challenging, it's not the challenge that has captured me. It's the absolute rush of being up close and personal with my quarry. The experience of feeling my heart beat so intensely that I am sure the deer walking under me is going to hear it, having to fight to regulate my breathing so they don't hear me gasping for air while at the same time concentrating on keeping the muscles in my legs from shaking.
This is pretty close for me too. I would add that I just love shooting them with a bow.
I make no apologies for my love of the sound of a rib snapping or the sight of sprayed blood.
They say that hunters progress as they get older - until the shot is un-important. But after 30 years and untold gut piles, I am still a meat hunter for the most part so the challenge is not big reward for me.