Hunting is hard. Â Flat out. It takes patience, courage, and grit. Â More often than not you are left with an unfilled tag in your pocket and a long walk back to the truck. Â So why do it? Why put in so much time, money and effort if percentages do not go in your favor? I know why I do it. Â I do it because the effort it takes to successfully harvest an animal is unlike any other feeling in life. Because with no risk there can be no reward. Â It is what makes hunting and harvesting your own meat so special.