And FWIW some of my most memorable hunts were ones where I came home empty handed.
You can say they were some of your most memorable hunts, but as far as hunting you failed if you were hunting with a legal tag. In psychology it might even be called "rationalizing".
.. or maybe he simply enjoyed the hunt.
That is a different subject. Don't tell me an enjoyable hunt is the same as a successful hunt. I enjoy every hunt I go on. But many are unsuccessful. Otherwise I would not go out hunting again.
I see. So when it is you it is 'unsuccessful' when it is BWalker it is 'failed'. That might be even be called "rationalizing".
