Missing In Action (sort of)

I can't believe it has been nearly two weeks since I last posted...kidney stones will do that to you, if don't already know!

As I missed out on a lot of potential scouting and fishing time, I began to think about why we hunt and fish. Sure, we do it because we enjoy it. After all, only a select few get any kind of compensation for their outdoors time! But saying we hunt and fish and camp and hike just because "we like it" is much too simplistic. Why do we enjoy it, when we can get grain-fed choice beef, or fresh salmon fillets at the corner grocery store, most likely for less money than we spend on guns, ammo, gear, rods, reels, bait, boats, trucks, and on and on. What makes us want to walk in the woods and be eaten by mosquitoes and ticks so when the rainstorm of the year sits overhead, we get to throw together a thin nylon contraption that we huddle underneath while we hope we don't float away?

I was going to give you my answer, but I think it would be better for you to figure out your own answer...why do you enjoy the outdoors? What does being outdoors do that makes you want to return instead of enjoying modern life's conveniences?