New Hunter
 

A friend of mine has hunted deer in the past, but had never hunted "seriously". I am fixing that. I've been showing him the ropes, he hunted w/ me last year and will hunt w/ me again this year. I will probably be meat hunting this year as I didn't have the points I need for bull elk in the area I like to hunt, but my friend had points enough to prob get an either sex tag.

He didn't get anything last year, but I'm rooting for him to get one this year - that might make him a dedicated hunter.

Looking forward to fall.....

Mike

Glad to hear it, good luck to both of you! Hoping to see both of ya in the Aspens.
Dan
;)

Don't just root for him, set him up for a high degree of success. Nothing is more frustrating to new hunters than not succeeding. I started on doves, so I got to see a good number of targets and I got addicted to it. After that, I graduated to pheasants, then deer, then waterfowl. The waterfowl was more my doing than my dad's. Then again, his process worked on me, but not my two brothers. They prefer drinking and partying over hunting. My dad likes both. I guess they took the drinking part and I took the hunting part from my dad.

Fabs
 

You definitely got the better end of that deal.

Mike...a good friend of mine did the same for me a few years back. Nice to see someone carrying on the same tradition.

Tater,

I agree 150%. I wonder how they waste entire nights at bars drinking the night away, and then spend half the next day getting better. They probably wonder why I stay up late at night getting the hunting gear ready, get up early in the morning just to kill something, and then come home and sleep afterward.

I'm willing to bet that my dad has many more good hunting memories than drinking memories. My dad always tells hunting stories. My brothers always tell drinking stories.

I guess to each their own.

LOL, at the altitudes that Mike and myself will be at alcohol has a double effect!;) I've got a relative newbie going this year too!
I can stay home and drink.....I've got a jug of cutty that has no paint left on it....been on that many trips...seal is unbroken!
Dan

Thanks for all the replies. I'll let you all know how we do next fall. As for drinking - I've been known to bring a flask of good scotch into deer / elk camp, but nips are only allowed after all gun handling is finished for the day. As Dan says - it doesn't take much. I have a strict policy regarding alcohol and firearms due to friends and family I've known in the past.



Mike