The first buck I killed this year, the one I "spined", still haunts me a bit. He looked me right in the eye when I came up on him but there wasn't [bleep] he could do; he was paralyzed. Courageous animal though. It leaves a dent.
The killing part of hunting is usually ugly. Still you pulled the trigger for the rush. The way it works.
I have never pulled the trigger for the “rush”. Pulling the trigger is using a tool to put meat in my freezer.