Great answer AK, one more to the list could be Dedicated. To become a good archer, one must become dedicated to become proficient at bow hunting. I too think that quick shot is a bad answer and also feel that famous is another bad one. I judge a year by the hunts and not the harvest. Bowhunting gives me the feeling of solitude. I have harvested many animals with the bow, now my biggest thrill is to let the animal walk and knowing that it could have been a harvest. Fame in hunting carries a big burden, others that don't have success figure that something fishy is going on and you are always questioned. This takes a person back to the earlier days where hunting began as an individual sport and honing ones skills to take the personal satisfaction to a new level. It shouldn't be gauged by showing off what you have killed, but by knowing that you did it in an ethical manner to both you and the animal. Remember that in the first hunting class you take in Idaho, that ethics are what you do when nobody is around. Bringing fame into the equation will make younger hunters beleive that they HAVE to be famous. This will make them beleive that they are not proficient at hunting and could lead them to bad choices. As would making them beleive that they need to be a quick shot. I beleive that archers are much closer to nature, as you need to become part of it. Also I beleive that most are closer to a true consevationalist and study the habits closer and have more time with the animals, as you need to be to play the close up game. My greatest hunt did not involve killing an animal, but did involve coming face to face with a yearling elk. There was not one foot between my face and its. These encounters are where my satisfactions lie. I have had published articles, been on prostaffs, done field testing on archery equipment. I would trade it all for that one encounter that I experienced on that one day, coming face to face with that elk again. My satisfaction comes from within when it comes to bowhunting. I enjoy most, the days I hunt for me and no one else.