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".
Who is doing the hunting is irrelevant. When the objective is to kill something and you don' you failed or were unsuccessful. In this case the words are synonyms.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter
