Exactly! Thats why its called Hunting and not Shooting. Where is the fun if it was easy and there was a kill every time?

Hunting is like cake, Sometimes there is icing, like when you get something, and sometimes there is no icing when you get skunked. Either way, there is DELICIOUS cake.

The cake is the fun parts of hunting, like being in nature, observing wildlife, etc. The icing on the cake is there if you get something.

Weird analogy, I know.

Hunting is the PROCESS of TRYING to get an animal. Its not about actually getting the animal, thats just an added bonus if it happens. Hunting is about getting away from civilization and being around nature, learning about nature, and working with nature on occasion.

Truth be told, I dont know if I will get a bear this season. Whether I do or do not, either way, its okay because I will have fun.

By the way, I did research on gender identification for black bears. I think I got it down, but I will continue to research. Even though its legal, I dont want to take a female without cubs. Females with cubs are protected, by the way.

3 days till the first day of the hunt.

Jared