I hunt more of a family tradition. My family hunted in Wyoming when I was real young for the meat. That was a lot of our diet. We moved to NV and didn't hunt for several years, then I got the urge to go at about 14 years old. I haven't shot a trophy deer, and I have killed 3 cow elk. I guess the tradition of living off of nature's bounty is still strong in me. Then in 2005, I ended up with a couple coon hounds, and have been adicted to hunting lions since then. The thrill of the chase, and watching and hearing the hounds do what they were bred to do is simply amazing. I have killed two lions, and actually, I like them for their meat as well. But they do make a fine trophy on the wall. But its not just a trophy, I think of it as more of a preservation of the fine predator that the lion once was.