Aranger, up close with a sharp object we call bowhunting up here! Try it sometime..lol.
Thankful you bet ain't a day goes by I am not giving thanks for the opportunities I am afforded.

As stated many ways to hunt, as many why and in the end who really cares, if legal go hard! Hunting is a fraternity but it is also very much a solo sport where one must make personal decisions, in my mind if that decision is made with no regrets than it makes you happy and that it is AOK with me. I have hunted successfully when spotting and stalking, sitting, calling, silent hunt, bow, ml, gun...so on. Equally I have also hunted unsuccessfully in all these forms. I can say with all certainity that all have lead to gain, lessons, skills, knowledge and ulitimately success. To me the harvest is 1 piece of the puzzle, the real meat(no pun intended) is getting to that point. Hunting for me is like a kid at christmas, setting out the goods, checking the list, being nice(so the wife doesn't beek), fake sleeping in anticipation of what awaits one in the morning under the tree, along the tree or whatever you call your spot. Wow what emotions all bawled up inside, eager, alive, life, excitment, anticipation, up, down..so on. What I see, feel, experience in a given day many would only dream of in a lifetime, as many of us will agree. Nobody can take those moments, experiences, smells, feelings, sights, etc away from me...nobody can cheapen those either. Again a personal sport in touch with oneself, nature, god if you believe or whatever and as such it really should not matter what other may think of how we like to experience this. I believe we all experience many of the same things just have different drives or ticks that make it our personal persuit.

I certainly can be accused of being involved in many a debate on equipment, tatics and so on and will be involved in the future. I find debate to be fine, fun, educational and frankly a part of life as while similar we are all different. However one can debate with out pointing, soapboxing or one uping, that is for school yard playgrounds. No need to push down to make oneself seem higher, a debate rarely has a clear winner it is a forum to voice, learn, listen and appeal but in the end you got to your corner and I go to min. I will simply say extend unto others what you wish to be extended to you. Sure have a opinion, voice that opinion, back up that opinion and talk it till the cows come home but open a can of worms by words or put downs expect dirt on your face.

Good hunting all.