While it would not be a pretty thing to see, I would challenge any man to get up at 6 a.m., get dressed - I mean makeup, hair, suit/skirt, 3" pumps, etc. - get twins dressed, leave home, drop twins off, work ten hours, go out for drinks for what I'm told is "networking," dance til midnight (only on nights w/a sitter of course!), come home and then realize you've done everything you've done that day in a pair of heels that look absolutely gorgeous but are, nevertheless 3" tall and 1/4" or less around, and only look at what you have (twins sleeping beautifully in their beds and a row of Manolo Blahnik pumps next to your very full gun safe) and smile. Even leaving out the "night out," I can venture to say it can seem like DG hunting at times -- and worth every minute of it! I plan to hunt African plains game in the near future and that is good enough for me, but I bet most any of us has to admit that the day-to-day is most dangerous to us - that is why we call safari vacation! JMO

Good questions, Jim. There seems to be a fine line between suicide and a dangerous pursuit. Taken to an illogical extreme, why not hunt Cape buffalo with a spear and no backup PH? Or a polar bear or a great white shark? Well, because that�s suicide though there are many worse ways to die.

Probably the real attraction of hunting game considered to be dangerous is that it adds spice to the pursuit. Compare two guys: one walks all day through buffalo country then stalks and takes a big bull with one shot at 50 yards. The other rides to a ridgetop at dawn and shoots a bull elk at 400 yards. Are both of them actually hunting?

Of course, we all remember what Hemingway said: �There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.�

Why?

Why not?

Life shouldn't be about quantity......it should be about quality. Until you've felt that icy clutch of fear in your chest when things start to go tits up, and that wonderful rush of adrenelin once you put it all right, you haven't lived.

I couldn't begin to express my thanks for all the thoughts. This thread kinda ran it's own way, Jim In Idaho, hope your OK on that.

MS seems to vary with whatever is the root cause, and where it attacks. I'm one of the lucky ones.

You could just sit down and wait, but that is not the style for most anyone on this forum, is it? In fact, I think that is what the thread is all about. Go out, live your life, do what you can do, take care of those around you.

We're in a big poker game, we know the outcome, but we all play the cards in our hand. Hunting and the outdoors have always been right on top for me, till family came along. I spent the last two weeks with my 2 year old grandson (when the hell did 2 yr olds get that fast?). I have a great time, and I still think everyone else should to.

Back to hunting .

I'm with you Gagogirl, I also challange any of these guys to get up that early, put on make up and wear pumps, then visit someone elses booth at Safari Club Dallas. I will send a messenger with a hundred dollar bill to them, but they must agree not to come to my booth!

Now that would be a dangerous game anyplace but california..