What's your favorite part of a hunt?

[Bubblehide]

I'm guessing you quickly forget about the part of that predawn trek when your hunting partner starts puking after failing to keep up with you...you human mountain goat. LOL

Geez Bruce, You should have known me when I was young.

 

[jblam]

Getting eyes on the first critter worth taking. Knowing that the hunt is truly about to start.

 

[Pony Soldier]

Every moment that I am on the horse seeing things

 

[Irish Miner]

The camp and company.
The animal is the big cherry on top.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

The adrenaline!

 

[Ikmclean]

This time of year it's definitely the adrenaline filled moments waiting for legal shooting when flocks of greenheads are bombing your spread

 

[go_deep]

Every single part, even starting to pile up gear in the shed weeks before I leave.

 

[Draino]

The beers after.

 

[mooretitan]

Everything once the animal is down. Feel like I can finally breath a little and take my time enjoying the rest of the trip. Everyone is on a high and reliving the hunt

 

[Randle]

That "Whats over next ridge, into the next draw " feeling. Always exploring , learning , seeing new country.

 

[goathunter]

The adrenaline!

Unless it's the buck fever kind

 

[Where's Bruce?]

BTW, a close second best favorite is when I am packing everything into the truck when heading out to wherever my hunt is. Might be a 4 hour drive or a four day drive but the "gettin' there" part is all possibility and excitement...a kind of blood sport foreplay.

 

[Sherman]

Having to persevere. The harder the better. Those are the hunts that I remember the most. Going past when most quit. And when you do find success after a grueling hunt not only physically but mentally, it’s all the sweeter….. the worst packouts I’ve been apart of, you know the ones where you question your sanity, those are the ones that will be forever etched in my mind and cherished.

I love it when I go past the point of the guys who went past the point of where most quit. I wait for those guys to get past the point of where most quit, then I track them until they quit, then I go farther. On their pack out, while they are questioning their sanity, I keep packing until I lose my sanity. I’ll go past the truck, I don’t care, as long as I go from questioning my sanity to losing it, then finding it again. The worst I feel the better. That is my favorite part of the hunt.

 

[Mikido]

packaging and vacuum sealing the meat. Very enjoyable.

 

[MallardSX2]

My walk back to camp in the dark. Seriously. I love that part about the day and I have no true and clear answer as to why I like it. My wife thinks it is probably because everyone else hates it and I feed on other peoples negative chi. Lol

 

[Yarak]

The squeeze of the trigger
The recoil of the rifle
The flop of the animal

 

[displacedtexan]

Sitting around a nice campfire after a successful day of hunting with good friends and family. Nothing better.

I can even skip the fire...

I love the evening camp. Talking about the day, talking about tomorrow. History and the future. Reveling in the now and the experience.

 

[afilko]

for deer, the camp atmosphere. I grew up going with my dad and brothers. Things changed and I have been doing a lot of solo public land hunting and really appreciate getting to hunt with a group again. makes even the slow weekends fun sharing stories in the evenings.
For bird hunting, my favorite part is watching my GSP go on point. It just gives me a warm feeling I can get him out and do the thing his breed has been made to do for hundreds of years

 

[black dawg]

The unknown.

 

[Rambucsabillbul]

Seeing the look on a new hunters face, when a target animal comes into view. Then, working through the patience of waiting for the right shot placement, followed by the huge grin and elation of the harvest, first deer, first buck, first bull, first bear.
It never gets old.
I love helping new people get into hunting.