Randy: Passion works for me.
Congrats on having 5 fine grandsons btw.
Sitting on an airliner yesterday gave me some more time to think about all of this.
"Opportunity and then Inclination" is what I finally came up with. It also somehow all gets balled-up with "food-gathering" as well (as a now somewhat-weak justification) for what would otherwise be just another classic "male escapist pastime".
Another theory I've heard is that after you marry you need an outlet for your finely-tuned but now completely unuseable "pursuit" energies...
All cynicism aside...each hunt is yet another "adventure " with a (hopefully) beautiful weapon, afield on a gorgeous Fall day and in pursuit of spectacular game.
I do hope to keep doing this for a very long time,
God willing .
Last edited by Lloyd3; 06/07/26 11:29 AM.
