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When was your first hunting? What'd feel like?
When was your first hunting? What'd feel like?
What's your record if you don't mind sharing?
What's your record if you don't mind sharing?
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Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
4th grade, about age 10, followed dad around looking for grouse, me with a Daisy BB gun and him with his Mossberg bolt 16 ga., then came deer season that fall and we hunted with friends that had kids similar aged and we did deer drives with the crew, lots of walking in clear cuts and swamps, all loaded up on halloween candy and pop, only missed 2 seasons since then when I was in chiropractic college.
Mike
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We spotted a small lizard, got within spear chucking distance, and I threw my spear. Somehow or another, I managed to cut the lizard's tail off, leaving the rest of my quarry unharmed.
I'm 68 now, and can remember that event like it happened yesterday.
Good topic. Thanks!
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Shape of things to come, I suppose.
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
That said, looking back, the hunt was pretty...hopeless. We basically walked into a back stretch of heavy timber, bows in hand, looking for deer on foot. Knowing what I know now, and how many deer reside in that particular public area, we probably spooked scores of them and never had a chance in hell at getting a shot. The only deer we even saw were headed for the hills in top gear as we left, spooked as all get-out as we crunched every twig and leaf in sight. As it turns out, this guy just wasn't a good hunter. He had a lot of trophies on the well, but I came to find out that they were mostly shot on pricey guided hunts over bait.
While this guy wasn't a very good hunter, he took me out and exposed me to the woods. He taught hunter safety pretty well, and helped me earn the certificate that would open up a world that I, a city kid from the busy East Coast metropolis of Philadelphia who knew nothing but an existence of dry pavement up to that point, never knew existed.
So, while my first hunt was a resounding bust, it wasn't all for naught. Sometimes, the bad hunts double as critical learning points in our outdoor lives.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
You know, hunting is considered as dangerous outdoor sport. How come you guys did that at a such young age?
Don't get me wrong. I respect that.
I mean, normally you are not supposed to play a gun-related sport when you're a kid.
Or assisting ones parents working with farm machinery???
Or walking back and forth to school from home???
How dangerous would it be to be in a police station. With all those people armed with guns????
Or helping in the kitchen to chop vegetables???
Or mowing the lawn???
Painting the garage???
Riding a bicycle???
To help us put this in perspective...where are you from...
One person who has not shared their first hunting experience is you. Why don't you do that, and tell us a little about yourself?
FWIW, a LOT of us in this forum grew up around guns and started hunting with our dads, family or friends at a young age.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Maybe I'm oversensitive, but I've spent most of my adult life dealing with words; using them, interpreting, studying them. But it occurs to me that while we have threads giving information on ourselves, we know almost nothing about the OP. If I owe an apology to the OP, it will be freely given.
However, we're not like a closed secret society. And I'm aware from personal experience that some people are a long way removed from my personal experience or vise versa.
I apologize for that. Here in China, it's illegal to own even a bullet.
You guys can go hunting, go to the range, and do all fun things with your firearms. I can't imagine what it feels like. So that's my intention to ask these questions.
Yeah, sure. I can google it and do a research. But the stories you guys shared are much valuable than that.
I hope one day I can go hunting like you guys. So next time someone asks "When was your first hunting" I can tell him!
If I said anything wrong or inappropriate, please bear with me.
They're people that would seek to undermine our cherished freedoms through subversive means.
The language discrepancy revealed in the posted text aroused suspicion. Not a big deal. I wish you all the best in your investigation of freedom.
When I read it, I feel like the whole scene come out in my head. I can feel how cold it was. I like it.
Thank you for sharing.
Me too, the smells were a big part of my recollection. That is, until somebody cut the cheese!!! LOL! Talk about something that ruins the experience!
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mBBL6xB3d8
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.