I'm 56, been deer hunting seriously since I was about 15-16...I've killed over 400 deer...
It's not the hunt, it's being in the fall woods...I love the scouting, reading sign, deciding where I need to set up the ambush site...I've also made my own flintlock, mold my own balls to shoot in it...I hunt with a bow, flintlock, inline, bolt action rifle and recently a pistol...
I've also got a 3 year old grandchild that I can't wait to start hunting...We'll hunt squirrels until he is ready and learns how to handle a gun and learns to shoot...
I also love to cook so we eat deer...I regularly make roasts, vegetable soup, spaghetti, chili, bbq and stews with deer in them....
This is what keeps it exciting, experience different ways to hunt and pass the experience on to others....