Marconi, he enjoys buying all the gear, packing the duffel, loading the Range Rover, researching the best camping/fishing/hunting locations, asking others for reviews on those findings, driving out to the location, setting up his gear as much as or more than he cares for either the camping, hunting or fishing. In fact, he may even know the clerk at the local hunting and fishing license issuing establishment on very personal level, all about their own families, histories, and ideas on the best lures, loads, hunting spots and fishing holes . . .
Me, with only short weekends for those kinds of adventures, I like getting my hunting knife in my pocket, my gun in my hand, my ammo in my vest, fishing pole in the truck, crickets in the bucket, stringer on my belt loop, and my butt on to the closest potential hunting/fishing site. When the evening comes I go home to my own bed and whatever worked out or not is done. The only two questions I ask are, "is the fish biting," and "do you know a short cut out there?"
Of course, all this is metaphorical.
Some folks just like the process more than others.