I remember advice an old gunslinger was giving a young man. “Never smile when you shoot a man.” It seems that’s probably good advice across the board.
Never shot a man, General. Killed around 30 deer. I smiled a lot. Till the work started. Gutting in the woods. The long drag. Then skinning, quartering and butchering....still smiled a bit but also grunted and grimaced. The hunt ends once the final shot is taken. Trained my 3 boys to do the dirty work now. As I rarely hunt anymore, when they kill game, they know work must follow.
Still plenty of smiles to go around. (Most pictures of us over fallen game is with smiles...if you look sad you shouldn’t be hunting, though stoicism works for some in pictures)