I know I was in Iraq with terrible internet access when this started, but I can't believe I missed it. GREAT thread!
If you haven't hunted big game in years because it's "boring"...
If after having just seen deer, elk, dove, quail, javelina, you cuss deer, elk, dove, quail, javelina, hunters because they "busted your stand"...
If you informally count the road killed coyotes per mile on the highway to assess "coyote population density" in the immediate area...
If you then call up the state/county road crews to try to figure out how long it's been since they have "cleaned up" the road kill...
If you go to the airport, and (thankfully) before going through the security check you check your jacket pockets and find those 5 "just in case" rounds you might have needed...
If after 6000 miles and multiple security checks you almost lose your APO mailing privileges because an x-ray machine in Iraq finds an expended cartridge case that somehow hid in your hunting (now traveling) duffel bag...
If you drive 1000+ miles to hunt with friends who are "for sure" going to get you on some ground that's unhunted and coyote heavy, and when the coyotes don't cooperate and you've only managed to get several coyotes after several days, your response is that "[beeep] IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME"...
If when traveling (in a small car) your checklist is: clothes, toiletries, rifles, ammo, callers...