People (non-hunters) are surprised when I tell them we hunt elk on foot pack them out of public land on our backs or with a rented horse and do all the butchering ourselves. The fact that we eat elk instead of factory farm raised beef is appealing to younger people who like the idea of wild and organic. The amount of work and uncertain outcome isn't necessarily how they perceive hunting based on TV and news exposure.
The idea of lazy hunters with big checkbooks on ATV's shooting planted animals to stick a big head on a wall isn't just unpopular with the ethical hunting crowd. It diminishes our reputation with the general public and frankly isn't that good a choice vs. any number of guided hunting opportunities without farm raised game involved.
Not having the time to take 10 days or a week to hunt might mean you don't succeed on several hunts making success all the more enjoyable when it happens.
Might not be a fair analogy and I'm way out of date but to me it seems like a young single guy choosing to pay a prostitute rather than working to win the attention of a woman who might say no until she actually knows and likes him.
