Who taught you to hunt?

[bogwalker]

Who taught you to hunt?

[bigbucks]

My Uncle mostly, my Dad took me deer hunting & he always went, but he's not really much of a hunter.

[tracker x-2]

I pretty much owe everything i know about hunting and fishing to my dad.

I remember my first year deer hunting we where sitting within ten ft of one another and i seen a nice buck coming over a hill it was a 10 pt. anyway i shot as soon as i seen the white spot on its neck!! lol dont ask why, but i missed.(the reason i know it was a 10 is cuz after it ran away the neighbor shot it) I was so frusterated, but he kept me out there only to miss another fork that evening . i cant imagine what he was thinking.lol.

He is the most dedicated sportsman i know of and am thankful I got the hunting gene out of my brother and I.

[TruthWalleyes]

My dad taught me how to hunt. He was also the firearm safety instructor, so i learned most- if not all of the hunting safety first hand prior to the class. We talked on the phone for 50m catching up on each others weekend hunting tuesday night and I thanked him for teaching me the ethics and safety that are so very important. I hunt with a group of people (a family in SE MN) who don't read the regs, understand very little about hunter safety, and i'm just thankful that i had such a great teacher!

[Steve Foss]

It was an interesting progression for me. My dad's side of the family were and are all big hunters. None on my mom's side. My dad died when I was 7, and we moved away when my mom remarried. My step-dad also was/is not a hunter.

I spent most of my adolescence and teens in the woods learning about birds, animals and plants, and picked up hunting on my own at 17 years old when I bought a Ruger M77 .22-250 and started hunting fox/coyote in North Dakota. I got a couple books, read up on stuff, and just started on my own. Fox and coyote were worth a lot of money back then, and I easily recouped the costs of gun, scope, loads, camo and other equipment that first winter. From there I progressed to the bow, and then to upland shotgunning and rifle deer hunting.

Lived in Wisconsin, N.D., Minn., and Colorado, hunting with a wide variety of shotguns and rifles. Had a couple handguns over the years, too. If time allowed, I'd be hunting a lot of different things these days, but there's just not enough time to do all that. Now I hunt grouse with a nice old Mossberg 16-gauge and deer with scoped Mossberg rifled-barrel 12-gauge.

Never had a hunting coach or mentor or older adult to help me along. Of course, I've learned a lot from other hunting companions over they years, as we all do.

I guess it was in the genes, and could not be denied. I've gone back a few times to hunt with my rellies, and that has been among the best of all times.

[HNTNBUX]

My grandfather gave me a 30/30 and told me to find a comfortable log to sit on next to a logging road and to shoot the deer when it paused to look up and down the road.

The rest I learned on my own.

[mrklean]

hunting magazines pretty much, my dad always pheasant hunted but did little deer hunting so i was self taught a bit and hunting magazine taught, my grandfather gave me my first gun but he was never able to hunt with me because of a stroke.

[LightningBG]

My dad quit hunting before I was old enough to go. Once I got into my late teens I started doing it on my own and with friends. I feel like I've become quite proficient in multiple areas through reading and lots of practice. Now most that I hunt with are asking me questions in the field/woods.

[slimngrizzly]

My dad and grandpa got my duck hunting as a kid. Then when I was 14 my uncle got me into shed hunting... I quickly learned a lot about the animal and how they grew and have since been infatuated with antlers. I started hunting deer on my own and since I was a little kid have never killed a little buck. My uncle and sheds really taught me to appreciate how quickly bucks grew with age and rare the "big" ones are!

But even now, in the present, im learning more than ever through the school of HARD KNOCKS!

[hockeybc69]

Dad

Plopped me next to a tree on my rear end at 12 years old, and walked off to his spot.

I sat there in the dark wondering if a buck was going to sneak up and gore me. I sh!t you not!!!!!

[Monkster]

Absolutely my dad! It sounds like I had the training that a lot of others had. It's funny, I don't remember rifle hunting alongside my dad in a stand or walking, just getting the news that I can go hunting now that I am old enough! Next thing I know, I was hunting with the uncles and cousins. Of course, I read anything and everything about hunting when I got the 'ok' to hunt at an early age. So when I went with my family, I knew pretty much everything about hunting! Now, one out of two sons has the 'bug'! I think I have my hunting partner...

[goblueM]

my uncle taught me to hunt. Dad was a big fisherman but didn't really enjoy hunting enough to do it on his own.

Didn't start until I was in college and my uncle took me on a pheasant trip to ND. I was hooked after that. He made me a deal that he'd buy me a shotgun and I'd pay him back once I got out of school. Will forever be indebted to all the stuff he introduced me to, that's for sure.

Now my dad is getting back into hunting, we've gone upland and waterfowling together. As I get older I wish we'd hunted together growing up.

[maros91]

My Dad and my Uncle's,

[flipper]

My dad was not a hunter. He farmed about 24-7. I did some pheasant hunting when I was in my teens, they were quite abundant at that time.

My oldest son wanted to deer hunt so that is what got me into the sport about 11 years ago. My other two sons followed and it has become a family thing every year.

I have learned as much as I can out in the field and from friends with hunting experience. I also learn from reading on here and elsewhere.

[DHost21]

My mom and grandpa. My dad isnt a hunter nor is anyone in his family. My mom and grandpa did the one weekend of deer season and took me with since I was probably 1 or 2 years old. By the time I could hunt at 12 I was so excited about hunting I talked my mom into the multizone buck license just to hunt a little more. Did ok and had fun. Shot a good buck when I was 15 and then I became hooked. From there I taught myself about the rest. Scents, scent control, wind, ect. At 16 I talked my mom into buying me and her a bow and now at 21 we hunt together at least once a week it seems and I am teaching her now but I still give her and my grandpa the credit of starting me on the sport and I am very thankful for that

[Dragonsm]

My father was the one who taught me to shoot, and supported me in the shooting sports programs for 4-H.

However, I owe most of what I know about hunting to my brother in laws. When they figured out their sister wasn't going to be able to shake me off, they welcomed me with open arms and allowed me to hunt with them whenever they went out for whatever (though I didn't get an invite to deer camp until I said "I do"...they meant "family")

I try to pick up as much as possible when I get to go out with others otherwise some of my "learning" is pure trial and error when I am out on my own.

Steve

[Double D]

Dad was the one who taught me about guns, but always went hunting on his own. When I was old enough he couldn't really go anymore.

Mostly learned on my own, with help from my brother.

DD

[Jameson]

Self-taught.

My father was never an avid hunter and had quit hunting before I was old enough. When I got to be in my 20's my brother did introduce me into hunting, but most of what I have learned has been through the school of hard knocks. I have always been a nature freak, so hunting has been just another excuse to spend more time in the woods.

[nwhunter]

Dad

Plopped me next to a tree on my rear end at 12 years old, and walked off to his spot.

I sat there in the dark wondering if a buck was going to sneak up and gore me. I sh!t you not!!!!!

Same.

[John478]

Self taught also

My dad was never a hunter so I never deer hunted until after I got married and started hunting with my in-laws. When I arrived at my father in-laws the opening morning of the first year I deer hunted. My bother in-law asked me where I was going to sit that morning. I’m sure I had that deer in the headlights kind of look on my face. He laughed and told me I could come with him. He dropped me off on the edge of a gravel road, gave me some directions I didn’t understand and said he would pick me up at noon. It was pitch black, I didn’t have a flash light and had no idea where I was going. I didn’t see a thing that morning. On the last day of the season I dropped my first buck, a small fork horn.

That was 25+ years ago, I have been addicted ever since.

[TRZ II]

I taught myself. I learned mostly from road hunters and drunks I met in the bar. Over the years i acquired alot of good knowledge from TV and other good hunters I met later on in my career. Now I have it down and have had 2 apprentice hunters learn from me in the past 7 yrs and both have bagged a deer every year of public land. I wish i could have learned from someone who knew instead of learning the HARD way.

[certified jumbo]

grandpa and dad taught me and did well at doing that.

[Monkster]

Oldendays ....dad, is that you?

j/k - where are you from on the eastside? I grew up on Whitall, down between Payne and Edgerton. My house is long gone now... That could of been my dad (road hunt and drunk).

[DinnerPail]

Dad, both Grandfathers, Uncles and some very close family friends. Hunting has always been a big tradition with our family. I have guys that come for deer hunting who's family's have been hunting together since the 1930's.

I owe most of it to my Dad. Many great memories of our time together in the woods. Always carry a big Hershey bar with to this day as he always had one to share in the woods.

Here's to you Dad!!!!!!!!!!

[MUSKY18]

Learned quite a bit from my father. Then I got out of hunting for 8 years while I was away in the Army. When I came back, my father was pretty much out of the hunting due to disability, so my brother and I learned from trial and error and TV/books/media. Think it has paid off pretty good, as there is usually venison in the freezer every year. THe big 10 point I shot this year came off public land.

Now that I have also gotten into bow hunting big time, I have learned far more from this forum(s), and then taken that knowledge out to see what works and what doesn't work for me.