I'v never found hunting to be work either....it might be a pain in the ass getting up at 3:30 in the morning but that's just part of hunting ....and sitting in a stand when it's 30 out with the wind blowing isn't all that much fun....but if I didn't have a passion to do it I wouldn't get up and go hunting......I think the only thing I consider work when it comes to hunting is doing my own butchering....that sometimes seem like work....but then again I'm glad and lucky I have my Wife and Son to help....