If I read that right, the only enjoyment you have in the woods is if you get to kill something or someone in your party gets to kill something. Each person derives their own pleasure from hunting and if the kill is the only enjoyment that you have, so be it. I too have that goal, to harvest an animal when I go hunting, however I also enjoy other aspects of the hunt as well.

As far as only getting in the woods a few days a year or not being able to get out. I am in the woods on a year round basis and can do the same thing, sit on my deck and watch deer and many other animals. I bought the property where I live because I enjoy doing just that. I live where I hunt just as you do. I also hunt where I don't live through out New England and other areas and always seem to enjoy it whether I harvest an animal or not.

This is just my opinion, but the main focus of this thread is the "declining" deer numbers and the hope that you all can work with the PGC as a group if that is what needs to be done to enhance the hunting for everyone. Like I said in my previous post, you aren't going to please everyone, but usually a majority can be happy with compromise and working together on the problems.