Glyn;
Hunting means different things to different folks, some just want to shoot, some want to limit out and some just want to be outdoors and enjoy the woods as much as the hunt......
I used to deer hunt quite a bit, now I hardly ever go, to me the most satisfation and fun is and has been duck hunting...We're usually from 4 to as many as 7 in a duck blind, and being with "the guys" is just as much fun as a getting a limit of ducks.... Some of my most memorial hunts were when we killed the fewest birds!!!!!!!! And ANY sunrise over a a decoy spread is just something to see........
I have taken my daughter duck hunting since she was about 10 years old, she's now 22 and looks forward to our yearly duck hunts, those hunts, I rarely fire a shot, let her do the shooting, still have some pictures of her first hunt when she killed a limit of mallards, hunting is not always about the kill, but the hunt itself....
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My second year I drew out for a mountain lion. We chased him for three days and we finally got him cornered on an outcropping I swung my horse around and pulled out my rifle and slung it across my saddle. After about 30 seconds I put it back in the scabbard and pulled out my camera and took some pictures. It just didn't make sense to me. He hadn't raided my stock so I had no reason to kill him. When I turned around and looked at the guide all he said to me was "I know what you mean", and we rode back to camp. One of the best hunting trips I ever had.
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Spoken like a true hunter, I can relate to that...........
I've been duck hunting since I was about 10 years old, this season will be my 43rd season, and I still spend a sleepless night the night before opening day!!!!!!!!!!! for me, bringing home some game is always nice, but just being outdoors and seeing nature is just as much fun if not more, when I quit enjoying that aspect, is when I quit hunting.
David