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<blockquote data-quote="r00s7a" data-source="post: 1446443" data-attributes="member: 9675"><p>My dad never hunted and never had any grandparents to speak of. I got a Red Ryder when I was young and there wasn't a bird or squirrel in the yard that was safe. I graduated to a pellet gun and took many rabbits and squirrels with it. When I was 12 I got my first shotgun, a sawed off 12 gauge. I mean, who doesn't buy their 12 year old a sawed off shotgun? Luckily I found a longer barrel for it and it all started there. I knew that I enjoyed shooting guns, but I still hadn't really been introduced to real hunting. Pretty much everything I learned, I can attribute to old men that have come and gone in my life. My mom always told me I had an old soul, but I never knew what she meant. Now I can look back and see that I have always enjoyed hanging out with old timers three times my age. Their stories and knowledge have been priceless to me. I learned to noodle from a man that was nearly 70. He taught me something that he learned as a kid, and had done all his life, and passed it down to me. Had it not been for him, I am pretty sure I would have never stuck my hand in a hole to save my life. Now it is a summer sport I will never quit. He is also the one that introduced me to rattlesnake hunting and pig trapping. He was in decent health, good enough to go get in the river, but for some reason I was always the one getting bit, or the one crawling in the pig trap to drag out the pigs. He was passing his knowledge down to me and I didn't even realize it. Turkey hunting was something that was totally self taught through reading and many hours of sitting afield. Old men have by far had the most impact on my hunting and fishing activities. I don't have children of my own, and my niece and nephew are dictated by a Nazi anti-gun mother, so I will never get the opportunity to teach them anything I have learned. But I will find someone one day to take under my wing and pass down all that has been passed to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="r00s7a, post: 1446443, member: 9675"] My dad never hunted and never had any grandparents to speak of. I got a Red Ryder when I was young and there wasn't a bird or squirrel in the yard that was safe. I graduated to a pellet gun and took many rabbits and squirrels with it. When I was 12 I got my first shotgun, a sawed off 12 gauge. I mean, who doesn't buy their 12 year old a sawed off shotgun? Luckily I found a longer barrel for it and it all started there. I knew that I enjoyed shooting guns, but I still hadn't really been introduced to real hunting. Pretty much everything I learned, I can attribute to old men that have come and gone in my life. My mom always told me I had an old soul, but I never knew what she meant. Now I can look back and see that I have always enjoyed hanging out with old timers three times my age. Their stories and knowledge have been priceless to me. I learned to noodle from a man that was nearly 70. He taught me something that he learned as a kid, and had done all his life, and passed it down to me. Had it not been for him, I am pretty sure I would have never stuck my hand in a hole to save my life. Now it is a summer sport I will never quit. He is also the one that introduced me to rattlesnake hunting and pig trapping. He was in decent health, good enough to go get in the river, but for some reason I was always the one getting bit, or the one crawling in the pig trap to drag out the pigs. He was passing his knowledge down to me and I didn't even realize it. Turkey hunting was something that was totally self taught through reading and many hours of sitting afield. Old men have by far had the most impact on my hunting and fishing activities. I don't have children of my own, and my niece and nephew are dictated by a Nazi anti-gun mother, so I will never get the opportunity to teach them anything I have learned. But I will find someone one day to take under my wing and pass down all that has been passed to me. [/QUOTE]
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