#1786350 - 02/13/10 11:20 AM
Re: Not a family tradition.......................
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Diehard Hunter
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My grandfather (Mom's side) and my dad were best friends and hunted deer when there weren't many deer to hunt. They got me started hunting small game when I was barely big enough to carry a gun. When my grandfather died, my father quit hunting, but they had already sowed the seed. When I decided to start deer hunting my dad would take me once a year. When I got into high school i started deer hunting more with friends. My daughter is hooked on deer hunting, and hopefully she will pass the tradition on to her children one day. no one else in the family other than my bro-in-law hunts, but they are not anti-hunting.
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#1786382 - 02/13/10 11:42 AM
Re: Not a family tradition.......................
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turkeyhunter64
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I am the only one in my family that hunts. My son and daughter don't like it. My brother can't stand the cold and my nephew went a couple of times but never went again..My father didn't hunt either but all his brothers hunt a lot so about 50% family tradition
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#1786853 - 02/13/10 06:07 PM
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solodren
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Same here only one in family, Taught by a good friend works out for me, grandmother has some property.
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#1786933 - 02/13/10 06:59 PM
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vabuckbuster
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Only one in my family. I worked all summer in hay and tobacco when I was 12 to buy a 30-30.
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#1787581 - 02/14/10 07:31 AM
Re: Not a family tradition.......................
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Viper (tp)
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BH, I had my dad and grand dad teach me in my younger years, small game squirrels was gran dads love, man he flat out loved to hunt them ole shakey tails, dad also. We were a 3-som,they spent time with me, and then dad started deer hunting and I just had to get into that too, and needless to say it has been my favorite for a long time now.
You caught it,or you hunted it, you ate it! When times was ruff, they trapped to put food on the table!
I will say this, a family tradition, no, just a way of life that I was very fortune enuff to be around, fishing, trapping, and hunting, man what a lonely life it would be without it! 
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#1787653 - 02/14/10 08:33 AM
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BigWes50
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I'm the only 1 now. Me and my dad started together but he quit. My uncle use to hunt but doesn't anymore. So its just me! I did get my best friend into hunting, he has quit but his little brother is my hunting buddy now and he's better than me, go figure!
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#1787802 - 02/14/10 09:22 AM
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Mike Belt
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When I was very young my uncle hunted quail, squirrel, and rabbit. That's what got me started. Shortly after I started hunting he quit all together but I kept after it. I lived to hunt. I'd trade the locals much of the game I took for just enough shells to hunt again. Once I grew up I was mainly a rabbit hunter and always had some of the best dogs around. I tired of squirrel hunting and the quail population dropped to the point of there being no use to fool with having dogs. I had a cousin by marriage that deer hunted in Ms. I finally tried it, killed a nice 8 pointer right off the bat, and I was hooked. I spent so much of my time in the deer woods that it didn't justify owning my hounds any more so I finally sold out and stricly deer hunted. Eventually I added in turkey hunting. I love that but didn't always have a place to hunt so that just sort of fizzled out. For the next 30 years I pretty much hunted solo. Then I got into deer clubs and started teaming up with a few members but I still hunt alone much of the time. For a while the wife got interested but that didn't last long. My kids have never been interested but one of my stepkids hunts once in a while.
Edited by Mike Belt (02/14/10 09:28 AM)
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#1787836 - 02/14/10 09:34 AM
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Panther78
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Every guy on my dad's side hunts that can.
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#1787837 - 02/14/10 09:34 AM
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Scratch that, Uncle doesn't on dads side.
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A friend of the family started taking me along on his hunting excursions and taught me a lot.
