I hunt (and scout) mostly just to get outdoors in country that I would almost never visit for any other reason.
I like to think that I am a trophy hunter, as the meat is not my primary reason for going but I haven't actually harvested a "trophy" for several years. I do kill an elk almost every year, mostly to justify the cost of hunting as a nonresident in Colorado.
Bird hunts (doves, quail, ducks and sandhill cranes, etc.) are almost always social events and don't add up to very many days afield in most years.
I guess that the primary reason that I hunt is that I think of myself as a hunter, and that's what hunters do.
Seems like a pretty good reason to me. Throw in the enjoyment of paying deep attention to animals in nature, and reloading and shooting (ostensibly to hunt!
) and the fact that it was passed down to me from the previous generation, would wrap up my reasons.
Sycamore
