The question has no easy answer, no right or wrong.
The question is intensely personal:
Why do you hunt?
For some, it's the chance to spend time outdoors and experience nature up close and personal. Others say hunting offers an opportunity to get together with friends and family. The kill ultimately factors into the equation somewhere in the mix _ that's the essence of hunting, after all _ but it's not necessarily at the forefront, and the reasons run deeper than that.
No two answers are the same.
And that's the way it should be.
With deer season underway across North Dakota and Minnesota, we asked a handful of deer hunters from varying backgrounds what draws them to hunt. We interviewed some of the respondents; others offered written responses.
Here's what they had to say.
