Why do you hunt?

[goosifer]

Why do you (currently/continue to) hunt? (Not the same question as why did you start hunting, but probably related.) 

For the meat?
For the sports challenge?
A way of spending time with friends?
A way of bonding with family?
Protecting your crops?
A way to enjoy nature/spend time in the woods?
A way to relax?

Why do YOU hunt?

[eagle rider]

Heritage first and foremost.  Bonding and sport next.

[turkeyfeathers]

My happy place- the bounty of the harvest- love the outdoors- to share time with my daughter when she goes- the challenge- to see/hear all the critters

In no particular order

Edited November 5, 2017 by turkeyfeathers

[wolc123]

MEAT

[airedale]

I grew up in the culture liking everything about hunting and believe I have a natural born predator mindset doing what I was born to do and lucky to have had the opportunity and means to do so.

Al

[Swamp_bucks]

Heritage, bonding with friends and family, meat and traditon.  Its my recharge for the following year.  Lets me relax recharge the batteries wife says its my "therapist". Lol

[growalot]

Just to tick guys on hunting sites off.....JOKE!

It's a natural drive..an excuse for all the things I do that lead up to the actual hunting...

[GreeneHunter]

Quality time in the woods by myself , my son or a couple hunting buddies ! Oh and MEAT !

[JRod 8G8H]

for meat (sausage, jerky, roast, steak, etc), sport, exercise, friends... also to get me out of bed!!

[Merlot]

To enjoy the outdoors and challenge myself. Most important are the friendships developed over time with hunting being the catalyst. Just darn tootin' fun.

[Buckmaster7600]

Challenge, I don't care for venison although I eat it. I know it's not PC to say but I enjoy killing mature bucks. The rest of the experience is icing on the cake.


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[sodfather]

Ya know how many people have asked me that especially on a day like today pouring rain standing in a stink swamp waiting for ducks. I’d do it everyday if I could 

[Uncle Nicky]

Because I don't golf, or care a whole lot about sports. Everyone needs a hobby or something to look forward to, for me, this is it.

 

[doebuck1234]

Started hunting at 5 as alot of family did so heritage first.time in the woods is my peaceful place and getaway.im the only one in the household who eats the meat so share with family

[hawkenwoodsman]

For the meat, spending time in the woods enjoying nature.And since been hunting with a outfitter i've meet some nice people and made friends too

[Bionic]

This might be a bit odd to some, and long winded but its honest..

I hunt because my dad, and I hunt togethor, since I was single digits old, now I'm 31.  Its basically a way of life, and our favorite together hobby....

Also, I enjoy the meat, and love the way it connects you to your food.  It is just rewarding to me, to know I provided the meat.  

Lastly, I love being in the woods experiencing the woods at it natural state.  I find it amazing, and fascinating to see what is in the woods, knowing a huge 10 pointer lives where you walk in daylight,  whefe you NEVER EVER catch a glimpse of him, is fascinating to me.  Just like the bears, and MONSTER bucks, even coyotes....I am fascinated the point I cannot describe,  how such animals can get so big, and/or old, and rarly if EVER seen, while sharing the area you live in.

Edited November 6, 2017 by Bionic

[Core]

Meat, challenge, spend time in the woods. I like the prep of preparing for certain goals/events and then executing them.

[BuckFever21]

I hunt and will continue to hunt for as long as I physically can because it is something that will always connect me  to my dad who recently passed away. This opening gun season will be the first without my pops and probably the hardest since I started hunting with him since I was a kid. Hunting has given me some great memories with him that I will cherish forever. I also enjoy being in the woods and find it very peaceful and relaxing away from everyday craziness. Plus my wife makes a pretty good venison stew that my daughter and I love.

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Enjoy the meat but now its the thrill of beating the smartest animal in the woods on its term's. Enjoy the woods .peacefulness and fun at camp but the hunting itself takes more than just killing any deer as that is a pretty simple task at any season but to only find,hunt and harvest a mature buck is only what the real hunt is about.

[Pygmy]

When I am hunting I  feel really FREE  of  all of life's burdens and responsibilities, even if it only for a few hours...

Besides that, I like to shoot stuff......

[Zuke]

I hunt because I enjoy the outdoors and want to pass it on to my children. I may also enjoy trying to outsmart a mature whitetail buck... sometimes I think that makes me crazy.

[Doc]

I am a creature of nature that has a place in the food chain. I also have the genetic nature of a predator that enjoys the chase. I also enjoy the knowledge that I can have a part in maintaining myself and my family through my own efforts. There is an element of self-sufficiency involved in getting my own food. There is also a cultural, historical, and heritage aspect to existing in nature and gathering food from the environment as our ancestors did. I also think that given the location of where I was raised, and the fact that hunting was a treasured recreational act of that era by all friends, relatives and associates, there was a social aspect to hunting.

All of these features taken together forced me to be a hunter. I don't think it ever really was a choice.

[Just Lucky]

Solitude and heritage. 

[Team Hoyt]

Being in the outdoors, relaxing, meat, having fun with friends 

[ApexerER]

I love being outdoors.....I love the woods.....I love hanging with hunting buddies and telling stories....I love watching the woods wakeup. ..but there is nothing that even comes close to those precious few moments, when your blood is pumping, your knees are knocking and you think it is all going to come together......That's why I hunt!!!