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<blockquote data-quote="scn" data-source="post: 5296293" data-attributes="member: 1859"><p>Sorry to not get back to you.</p><p></p><p>There really isn't an easy answer to your question. My father didn't hunt. I think he had too much WW2 and maybe it just wasn't in his DNA. I suspect I inherited it from my mother's side. I was lucky to have some older guys that I was farmed out to during my formative years. A parent likely would be arrested for child abuse if they did it today. I was blessed.</p><p></p><p>I learned some from them, and some from reading books and magazine articles. Of course, no internet for me. But, the reality of my learning was like has been said with it being just time in the woods learning from stupid mistakes. Our annual deer kill in my rookie days was less than 20,000 statewide, and the turkey kill was measured in the hundreds. So, there weren't a lot of opportunities for making the mistakes and learning from them. It took me six years to kill my first deer, and much longer to kill a turkey. A new hunter has a lot better chance of shortening the learning curve right now.</p><p></p><p>The key, IMO, is just patience and trying to keep an open mind as you learn. There is a WORLD of AWESOME information out there on the interweb these days. But, you have to be able to wade through some of the self-serving bs in the process. If someone is trying to sell me a product through their information, I normally keep looking.</p><p></p><p>The main problem we have these days is we have raised (and I, as a parent, am guilty) a generation or two of folks that have zero patience. They want something and they want it right now, whether it means a starter house as good as the one their parent's currently have, or a trophy deer the first time they hit the woods. They despise having to invest any time or effort in their pursuit.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy the journey and the little steps. I promise you that when you start figuring it out on your own that it will mean so much more than spending a pile of money to go somewhere to have a guide to let you shoot an animal you did nothing to find and earn.</p><p></p><p>and, ps, I know I painted with a broad brush on the entitlement. We have some kids that we see on this site that work for it every bit as hard as I did 50+ years ago. But, I stand by what I said for the majority.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scn, post: 5296293, member: 1859"] Sorry to not get back to you. There really isn't an easy answer to your question. My father didn't hunt. I think he had too much WW2 and maybe it just wasn't in his DNA. I suspect I inherited it from my mother's side. I was lucky to have some older guys that I was farmed out to during my formative years. A parent likely would be arrested for child abuse if they did it today. I was blessed. I learned some from them, and some from reading books and magazine articles. Of course, no internet for me. But, the reality of my learning was like has been said with it being just time in the woods learning from stupid mistakes. Our annual deer kill in my rookie days was less than 20,000 statewide, and the turkey kill was measured in the hundreds. So, there weren't a lot of opportunities for making the mistakes and learning from them. It took me six years to kill my first deer, and much longer to kill a turkey. A new hunter has a lot better chance of shortening the learning curve right now. The key, IMO, is just patience and trying to keep an open mind as you learn. There is a WORLD of AWESOME information out there on the interweb these days. But, you have to be able to wade through some of the self-serving bs in the process. If someone is trying to sell me a product through their information, I normally keep looking. The main problem we have these days is we have raised (and I, as a parent, am guilty) a generation or two of folks that have zero patience. They want something and they want it right now, whether it means a starter house as good as the one their parent's currently have, or a trophy deer the first time they hit the woods. They despise having to invest any time or effort in their pursuit. Enjoy the journey and the little steps. I promise you that when you start figuring it out on your own that it will mean so much more than spending a pile of money to go somewhere to have a guide to let you shoot an animal you did nothing to find and earn. and, ps, I know I painted with a broad brush on the entitlement. We have some kids that we see on this site that work for it every bit as hard as I did 50+ years ago. But, I stand by what I said for the majority. [/QUOTE]
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