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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 1445778" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>I really didn't have anybody to learn from. My dad grew up in CA and never learned to hunt and didn't have an guns. My paternal grandfather who lived in Arkansas, hunted and fished, died when I was 13, just when I was getting old enough to learn. Shortly after that his 2nd wife burned his house down to collect insurance money, she was a piece of work. All his fishing and hunting equipment went up in flames, so no heirloom guns in my family. My maternal grandfather wasn't really a hunter either, although I did get to go one one special hunt with him near the end of his life when he shot his first deer, a button buck up in Osage county. That will always be a great memory</p><p></p><p>I always like shooting things since I was a kid. I remember a cork gun that I absolutely loved, along with some guns that shot ping pong balls and some others that shot pea sized yellow balls and one that shot nickel sized disks. When I was old enough, I got a bb gun, then a pellet gun. I hunted most of the county with that pellet gun. </p><p></p><p>About 12 or so I started learning about hunting and trapping. I had a classmate who trapped and he was my hero. Him and his brother were good at it and they caught coon, bobcat, coyote, lots of stuff.</p><p></p><p>I begged my parents to let me trap. After a year or so of nagging, they let me trap. Only things I could catch were skunks and opossums, but that didn't matter, I was a "Trapper"!</p><p></p><p>After that I started fooling around with a bow and my dad took some interest. He had a friend that was a hunter and he took my dad under his wing and got him started. However, he moved away shortly thereafter and dad picked up alot of bad habits, that he thinks is hunting. If he doesn't walk 4-5 miles per outing, he's not hunting. I have a hard time keeping him in one spot.</p><p></p><p>In High School I read everything I could get my hands on and just tried to learn from there. There's been lots of lessons that I had to learn on my own. I wish someone would have been there to show me the ropes, but that's the way it goes.</p><p></p><p>All you guys that did have people show you the ropes, be sure to thank em. I would have loved to have a mentor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 1445778, member: 9117"] I really didn't have anybody to learn from. My dad grew up in CA and never learned to hunt and didn't have an guns. My paternal grandfather who lived in Arkansas, hunted and fished, died when I was 13, just when I was getting old enough to learn. Shortly after that his 2nd wife burned his house down to collect insurance money, she was a piece of work. All his fishing and hunting equipment went up in flames, so no heirloom guns in my family. My maternal grandfather wasn't really a hunter either, although I did get to go one one special hunt with him near the end of his life when he shot his first deer, a button buck up in Osage county. That will always be a great memory I always like shooting things since I was a kid. I remember a cork gun that I absolutely loved, along with some guns that shot ping pong balls and some others that shot pea sized yellow balls and one that shot nickel sized disks. When I was old enough, I got a bb gun, then a pellet gun. I hunted most of the county with that pellet gun. About 12 or so I started learning about hunting and trapping. I had a classmate who trapped and he was my hero. Him and his brother were good at it and they caught coon, bobcat, coyote, lots of stuff. I begged my parents to let me trap. After a year or so of nagging, they let me trap. Only things I could catch were skunks and opossums, but that didn't matter, I was a "Trapper"! After that I started fooling around with a bow and my dad took some interest. He had a friend that was a hunter and he took my dad under his wing and got him started. However, he moved away shortly thereafter and dad picked up alot of bad habits, that he thinks is hunting. If he doesn't walk 4-5 miles per outing, he's not hunting. I have a hard time keeping him in one spot. In High School I read everything I could get my hands on and just tried to learn from there. There's been lots of lessons that I had to learn on my own. I wish someone would have been there to show me the ropes, but that's the way it goes. All you guys that did have people show you the ropes, be sure to thank em. I would have loved to have a mentor. [/QUOTE]
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