Two recreational activities, deer hunting and goose hunting, both similar in form, are compared. It was hypothesized that the activity for which participants rated the process, the goal, and the social interaction as most important to the experience and for which participants showed the strongest family ties and social support for participation would be the least substitutable. A survey of deer hunters and goose hunters revealed that despite the similarity in form between the two activities, differences in the process and goals, social interaction, and family and social support for participation in the activity, they represent different types of experience. (Author/JD)