Reply #137: That's the first time I've understood a hunter explaining it.

[eppur_se_muova]

It's the hunt, literally, the *hunt*, not the kill. I have, very rarely in the past, gotten a little of the feel of that search for the prey and the thrill of closing in on the quarry. I have to confess that I was cheating a good bit, because I always used the biggest telephoto lens I could get my hands on. And it's been so long I doubt I could even find a 35mm SLR body that takes those old lens mounts.

Still, it helps me understand something of the thrill of the hunt, without the kill.