jmiller676
Master
To paraphrase someone smart, once you've spent much time in combat hunting other men, hunting game for sport loses its appeal for many. To me, there is no sport in hunting most animals with a rifle. If I were so inclined and thought myself the mighty hunter, I would do it with primitive tools. I am not so inclined. I do, on occasion, purchase a license and take a deer for meat. I see no reason to pretend that it's sport. It is not. I've done it with rifles, muzzleloaders, [modern compound] bows, and handguns, and it has never been very sporting... especially since I moved here to the midwest. I grew up in the Rockies and had a bow hunt there one year that I still consider to have been sport and a true challenge. Here, it is harvesting, plain and simple. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Pick up a recurve/longbow make home made arrows. Practice instinctive shooting (zero sights) and go take a deer with it. If that isn't a thrill then deer hutning isn't for you.