Dogfish

I agree with what you are saying. It is the whole thing, from scouting to zeroing in to the hunt to the kill to the butchering to the eating. And, if you are lucky, having friends or family to share it all with.

It is all part of the whole.

I, too, am hunting meat. Someday, I'll get something with antlers or horns. I hope. If not, the venison still tastes good. With waterfowl, I have found myself satisfied with a bird or two. I remember I was so happy with the first duck that dropped to my new double that I forgot to shoot at the bird flying nest to it.