How long have you been hunting

[Borngeechee]

I'm a total newbie so I can't say much but I know most of you have many years to decades under your belt. How long have you been hunting and who got you started?

[HuntOrBeHunted]

As long as I can remember lol. Started out running swamps and what not shooting frogs with my bb gun.

[fisher2]

uhh 4 years? (when where the tags ugly tan colored?)

[HuntOrBeHunted]

uhh 4 years? (when where the tags ugly tan colored?)

 

 

I'm pretty sure it was 4 years ago lol.

[asav2013]

Statered when I was 9-10 my cousin took me Turkey hunting , then it grew to deer hunting , then he got into bow hunting when I was 14 , his brother my other cousin took me along coyote hunting with our uncle then eventually that stuck and me and my uncle do every thing toegther now , salmon fish , steelhead ,walleye, ice fish, run coyotes with dogs ,deer hunt, ill be 20 in March and wouldn't be the Hunter I am or person I am today if it wasn't for those 3 people , now I intend to pass it on the same to other youths,

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[Elmo]

4 years.  Self taught and a lot of advice from this forum.

[First-light]

I was 12 and tagged along with my brother and his friend. They hunted out on eastern L.I. for grouse and rabbits. It was great, I was their bird dog! lol Now 39 years later I still hunt out east but most hunting done in the Finger lakes region. Damn I'm getting old……...

[Doc]

My first hunting expedition was when I was 11 years old. I built a pretty darn nice hickory longbow, and with my willow arrows, went up in the loft of our barn and spent the afternoon getting two pigeons. I cleaned them and my Mother cooked them up. That was my first hunt. It's now 59 years later, and I still use a bow as my preferred weapon for my hunting.

[sweet old bill]

I was 10 and started going with my day hunting rabbits, then went to deer with both gun and bow. That was 63 years ago and still love the sport. I no longer have dogs so no small game as my legs are bad. But still take and shoot the bow most days for a few arrows and hunt deer with both bow and gun. MY wife says I do this just to get out of the house and take long naps in the woods....

[gfdeputy2]

late bloomer started when I was 16 when I moved from Long Island to NH so I now have been hunting for 27 years

[verminater71]

I don't really remember i was 5 or 6 years old, my uncles started dragging me through the woods chasing coon hounds, and beagles, that was 33 years ago

 

both of my daughters were in a blind by the time they were 4

[BaldguyLee]

4 years too. I've fished hardcore for 40 years since I was a kid, but never tried hunting until recently. I hardly fish in the fall anymore. I do miss mornings on steelhead waters right after deer gun season opens- nearly all to myself.

[2012_taco]

I started to hunt pheasants with a neighbor when i was 15, I had to lie about my age to get a license as my parents didn't hunt and wouldn't sign my application for a license. I did some deer hunting with my older brother when i got home from college, now I hunt turkey in the spring, bow and gun for deer in the fall. Been going at it now 46 years, I never stop learning about hunting wild animals, every trip into the woods is a new experience. Take your time and enjoy it all.

[genesee_mohican]

44 years of hardcore hunting and fishing here.

[thphm]

61 years ago with a fiberglass bow and arrows a pheasant was my first score.

[GreeneHunter]

Bought my first gun at the old age of 16  , had to give my uncle - a world war 2 vet - the money ($80) and he went to Jamesway in Catskill and picked up my 30-30 Winchester #94 . He proceeded to teach me how to use it and I went deer hunting that season .   Over 40 years ago and I still use the 30-30 !

[growalot]

Dang first time I've felt young in a long time!..Lots of experience here you younger guys......... about 45...got say though...back then I'm thinking a good many of us kids hunting squirrel...weren't so legal and it wasn't a big deal in our area....

Edited August 4, 2014 by growalot

[ncountry]

~ 30 years. Deer hunting for roughly 23.

[Pygmy]

52 years, unless you count my time terrorizing the local songbird/chipmunk population with my Daisy BB gun, which would make it closer to 58 years.

My dad, uncles, and most adult males I knew were hunters, so I just kind of came by it naturally. Growing up in a very rural area, hunting and fishing were some of the prime pasttimes..

[Four Season Whitetail's]

42 years and counting. Oh how things have changed!

[Borngeechee]

Damn a lot of you guys have been hunting longer than I've been alive. I'd love to learn from all of you guys... from the 4 year hunters to the 40+. I think I came to the right place.

[Deerthug]

I'm a late bloomer too. Although I married into a hunting family and have been in it for nearly 30 years (dated my wife for 8 yrs married for 22) I started hunting in 2007, so it's only been 7 years for me and I started with Turkey. But I just got my 13 yr old son into it so God willing I plan on hunting the next 30 years with him!

[papabear]

Too long and not Long enough

[NeverSeenNorHeard]

I'm celebrating my 25th year in hunting. Taught by my father, however, some years back the pendulum swung the other way. I am now the teacher and he is the student. 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have been going out with my Father for 41 years. (Since I was . Actually hunting myself for 37