Sometimes.....Being happy is being content with what you have. Rather than what you don't.
Nothing wrong with striving for more.
In hunting , like some other areas , you're semi entitled to one good stand. One good buck. One golden day.
Anything beyond that is frosting on the cake.
Take'em as they come. Don't sweat the count. You'll enjoy being out in the field more that way.
We can turn it into work. Which is fine if one desires.
But I'll measure success by my own standard. A desired quality specimen in range is success. Doubly when it's a known deer I've been cat and mousing with.
I've got to the stage where checkmate often means watching them wander off after. Not due to being out of wall space. More due to waiting for the perfect weather to process a deer through. And one is enough any more.
Old age maybe? Or success by a different yardstick than I started with?
Still , calling checkmate takes a lot more than luck to be consistent. As you know.
Where you hunt can change everything. Fast.
