Age

[Dom]

Sorry first to the lady's/Gals.Of all of our members who is the eldest and the youngest?I myself 40 yrs old.2nd?How many years hunting?will be thirty/30 for myself.

[Lawdwaz]

Sorry first to the lady's/Gals.Of all of our members who is the eldest and the youngest?I myself 40 yrs old.2nd?How many years hunting?will be thirty/30 for myself.

 

The gals should chime in too.  (hey, equal rights and all)

 

 

54 yo and started small game hunting at 14 and deer hunting a year later, IIRC.  In 1976 the State started a program called Junior Archery and 14 & 15 yo kids could hunt deer (maybe bear too??) with the bow of course.  Gun hunting started at 16 yo.

 

Soooo, I'm 40 years into it, legally.

[Pygmy]

I'll be 66 on St Patty's Day next month...

 

I've been hunting LEGALLY for 52 years...

 

I could tell you that my Old Fat Father allowed me to roam armed about his property for a number of years before I was old enough to have a hunting  license, but I WON'T tell you that because I have never done anything illegal.

[Rockspek]

I think Ive only been hunting for about 2-3 months. Hooked. Sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about deer. Pretty weird.

[turkeyfeathers]

Old enough and wise enough to know not to eat peanut butter and mayo sammiches !!

 

I've circled the sun 47 times and have hunted since age 14.

[Dom]

Yes Law maybe I wrote said wrong I want the Lady's and Gal's to chime in.I was taught never to ask a lady her age thats why I started with saying sorry to the Gal's to start

[ny hunter]

51 years young and i have been hunting since I was 12...Been shooting since I was 8 years old when I got my first BB gun for Christmas.....

[Lawdwaz]

I think Ive only been hunting for about 2-3 months. Hooked. Sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about deer. Pretty weird.

 

What's weird is that it's ONLY "sometimes" that you lay awake!

 

Almost every night, after I wake up around 3:30-4:00am to take a wiz, I'll climb back into the sack and have a hard time getting back to sleep.  After a minute or two I start thinking about some of the most recent deer I've killed and how it all went down.  Some of the best memories that just don't seem to fade!

 

After 30 minutes or so I'm back in LaLa Land, happy as a clam........

[Lawdwaz]

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I could tell you that my Old Fat Father allowed me to roam armed about his property for a number of years before I was old enough to have a hunting  license, but I WON'T tell you that because I have never done anything illegal.

 

About the only thing there that doesn't sound like my upbringing is the Fat Father.

 

And, it made me the person I am today.

 

 

[hunter49]

  66 yo, started at 14 yo been at it ever sense 52yrs. and still loving it!   Did the same as Pygmy shooting rats on the farm at 12.yo

Edited February 4, 2016 by hunter49

[Paula]

The gals should chime in too. (hey, equal rights and all)

54 yo and started small game hunting at 14 and deer hunting a year later, IIRC. In 1976 the State started a program called Junior Archery and 14 & 15 yo kids could hunt deer (maybe bear too??) with the bow of course. Gun hunting started at 16 yo.

Soooo, I'm 40 years into it, legally.

I am younger than you are. :-)

Oh and I have been hunting maybe 16 yrs

Edited February 4, 2016 by Paula

[Pygmy]

hehehe...Old Fat Father is  an affectionate nickname that he gave himself..... He once referred to himself as my " Old fat Father"  and it stuck.... He stood 5'6" and weighed maybe 140 soaking wet....

 

New friends would give me strange looks when I introduced him to them as " Fat Father"....

 

I like to think that I inherited some of his sense of humor as my heritage...  He was my hero...

[Dinsdale]

Damn.....you guys are old.

[The_Real_TCIII]

44, hunting since 24 fishing since less than 4. I act like I'm 14 half the time though

[greg54]

I'm 54 and have been hunting since I was 17. Damn, that makes me feel really old!!

[stoneam2006]

27 got .my first bb gun at 4 and was shooting chipmunks at 5 or 6 got licence at 12 started deer hunting with dad at 8 bow at 14 gun at 16. Been trapping sence 5 won a trap setting contest in Herkimer around same time. So at only 27 still 20 years in the woods

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Edit....my 5 yr old got a bb gun at 4 and just got a 22 cricket for trapping thay he will be shooting this summer

Edited February 4, 2016 by stoneam2006

[tj1187]

62 years old 14 years old when i took my 3 hour hunter safety course, so I have been hunting legally for 48 years.  The local bird and rodent population caught hell before that.

[genesee_mohican]

53 here. My dad took me along hunting early on and I was hooked by the time I was 8 years old, so I've been hunting for 45 years. Time sure flies!

[22Plinker]

I think Ive only been hunting for about 2-3 months. Hooked. Sometimes I stay awake at night thinking about deer. Pretty weird.

 

Completely understand.  I'm 40 now and hunted with my father and grandfather from 14-20...took some time off and just got back into it with my son who just turned 18.  I often find myself thinking about hunting locations, building blinds, what gun to buy next etc.

 

At least it's a healthy obsession

[grampy]

Born in 57 and I'm 58. Started roaming the woods behind the house alone at 8 or 9 with a BB gun terrorizing the local starling population. Got my first 22 on my birthday in 68 and have been shooting and eating squirrels and small game ever since. Killed my first deer at 15 as we needed the meat for my seven siblings and single mom. Times were hard back then, but they were some the best days of my life.

[Lawdwaz]

Damn.....you guys are old.

 

Cut it out, I KNOW how old you are..................plus you have as much gray hair as I do. 

[Dinsdale]

Cut it out, I KNOW how old you are..................plus you have as much gray hair as I do. 

 

Its a premature gray.....

[BizCT]

I'm 31. Shooting since I was 4.

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[Marion]

27 been hunting big game since 16 so that puts me at 11 years hunting.

You Can't Beat My Meat!

[fasteddie]

74 years young and I will be 75 September 5th ........

Shot woodchucks for farmers when I was a kid . Got my 1st hunting license in 1965 , when I was 24 , a couple years after I got out of the Marine Corps . My father in law wanted to deer hunt again and needed someone to hunt with him .