I hunt because I love the entire process: the preparations, the excitement, and sustained suspense of trying to match my woodslore against the finely honed instincts of these creatures. On most days spent in the woods, I come home with an honestly earned feeling that something good has taken place. It makes no difference whether or not I got anything: it has to do with how the day was spent.

You can learn more about hunting deer with a bow and arrow in a week than a gun hunter will learn in his entire life

When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God.

Nothing clears a troubled mind better than shooting a bow.

If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time, then the true meaning of the chase eludes you all together.

A hunt based only on trophies taken falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be.

The very remoteness kindles the imagination of the adventurous hunter. From the top of any mountain the challenge extends far and wide, until the mountains meet the sky.