I'm only 25, but I've seen enough hunts and I'm generally experienced enough with life to know this holds true - not just for hunting, but for any cherished activity. My grandfather, who I hunted pheasants with during my teens, still rants and raves about my first pheasant and one particular day's hunt in which we only got one bird, where he winged it at a distance and then I and the dog ended up chasing it for a good half mile before I jumped on it. That second hunt is his most favorably recollected hunt - and, for someone who has hunted almost every year throughout his life in 3-5 different states for deer, elk, moose, and birds (as well as a very extensive trapping history), that's saying something! (I'm the eldest grandchild and the only one who's ever gone hunting with him due to age and interest.)
My father really enjoys working in the "yard" (4 acre wooded area); he's an engineer, so he does it from the perspective of a pharaoh (heh): excavation, cutting trees, planning a garden, making a duck pond out of a natural spring, etc. This past winter was pretty warm, and so we (my father, myself, and my - at the time - 3 year old son) were out and about, cutting and moving deadfall trees for the wood stove with the tractor. My son was having a blast, but my dad was obviously enjoying it just as much, if not more so.
Folks, this is what we live for; it is the very purpose for which we should aspire to live: the transmission of non-quantifiable value from one generation to the next.
My father really enjoys working in the "yard" (4 acre wooded area); he's an engineer, so he does it from the perspective of a pharaoh (heh): excavation, cutting trees, planning a garden, making a duck pond out of a natural spring, etc. This past winter was pretty warm, and so we (my father, myself, and my - at the time - 3 year old son) were out and about, cutting and moving deadfall trees for the wood stove with the tractor. My son was having a blast, but my dad was obviously enjoying it just as much, if not more so.
Folks, this is what we live for; it is the very purpose for which we should aspire to live: the transmission of non-quantifiable value from one generation to the next.
