Well said Jerry. My side of the coin is that I do not practice to better my hunting. I shoot a bow year round because I like ARCHERY. I hunt a couple months out of the year because I like bowhunting and there isn't much else going on with bows at that time of year. I used to love hunting, then bowhunting. That's tempered a bit as I get older and a lot of my hunting places are now housing developements or warehouses. Frankly, to me, the process of deer hunting is absolutely boring most of the time. But the time spent in the field or the woods is time away from the cruel realities of everyday life. I'd like to have the old fire back, but even being retired doesn't leave enough time to get into it like I'd desire to.