New member from 8G

[GrizzlySils]

Good Morning...

 

I already started posting, then realized I should post an introduction.

 

I'm 40 yrs old, married with one child and a stepdaughter.  Currently, I hunt about 5 acres in 8G, as this is all my pocketbook could take at the moment.  I took about a 15 year hiatus from hunting during my 20s/early 30s, as I was seeking and chasing a different trophy, but now that I'm married and my daughter is a teenager, I was able to take time to go back to hunting regularly.  I am very passionate about hunting and conservation.  I'm a lifetime license holder in all categories, and the only DEC class available that I haven't taken is "Waterfowl Identification", which while not currently a duck hunter, I would still like to take in the near future.

 

If there were one piece of advice I could give to a new hunter, look at each outing to the woods as a learning experience, even if you don't bring anything home with you.  In the past 5 years, I've only taken 2 deer, as there is plenty of local competition, and I pride myself in only taking the most ethical shots, but I have learned so much that each season I get a little better and I end up seeing more deer and having more opportunities.

 

"A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.​"... Aldo Leopold

[growalot]

Best of luck this season...

[greg54]

Welcome and have a safe and successful season!

[Elmo]

Welcome to the site.