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Sad to say that growing up in Sask that I have never been hunting in my life.
Other than a few pot shots at gophers.

Like a lot of people nowadays I grew up in a home with no father so I missed out on some of the traditional things. I have been fishing a few times. I started coming to CGN because of an interest in knives and milsurp gear and have been getting more and more into the idea of hunting and processing (with a really nice knife)my own food that is not stuffed full of chemicals and bovine growth hormone.

I see man as an apex predator like any other and it seems insane and irresponsible to abandon that because some movie with a talking animal in it.
I love wild game and I see it as being far more in touch with nature than some vegan in Vancouver will ever be. It seems to me that going into the bush with the goal of gathering food (and antler and bone for knife handles) is a lot more real than just wandering around with a camera like a tourist. You have to understand the animals habits and natural defences.

I have bought a novice compound bow off the exchange and am just starting the process of getting my PAL and I hope to be ready to hunt next year.
I am lucky that I am looking for a quarter section in the Prince Albert area so I should be able to hunt on my own land.

I would welcome any comments , advice or stories.
 
No Father

well i was basically in the same boat as you except i had uncles that would take me out and show me the ropes. iam suprised that noone in your home town didn't take you out even if it was only for a drive or a walk throught a bush. well either way good to see you keeping the spark alive for hunting.

best of luck with your hunting. and couldn't you just hunt on crown land up there?

sv7772
 
Me similar, only even worse. :)

I started hunting last year, and I love hunting! I haven't killed anything yet, but I really intend to do so soon. :)
 
welcome to the hunting crowd... my old man didn't hunt so i found someone who would show me the ropes and the rest was trial and error. you'll love it especially when you start killing with the bow!!
 
Unsub... Everyone's circumstances differ... In my opinion, your on the right track to change things in your past and begin enjoying our outdoors via hunting and fishing. Your learning a love and respect of our hunting heritage is something you can pass onto YOUR kids.

Stand strong, stand tall. Someday someone will rely on your advice and guideance and you can provide it despite not getting that from your own father.

My hat's off to you!

Cheers
Jay
 
Thanks guys I was not sure I should even post this but I am getting really into learning about animals ,tracking ,calling and all the other skills that go into it.
I grew up in Stoon and Vancouver and was more into skateboarding ,martial arts
and girls. It is great to hear that there is a lot of people who took it upon themselves to get into hunting and getting out into the bush. I guess it is instinct.

I really appreciate all the support, thanks.
 
I was trained to duck hunt, rabbit hunt and grouse hunt by my father and grandfather (no big game on PEI). Then I got myself into trapping and predator calling and that really let me learn a lot about tracking, animal habits and gain that special "sixth sense" about where to locate my prey.


I taught myself to hunt deer. My first year in AB was the only one I didn't tag a deer in. Instead, I hunted grouse and ducks and studied the land and the habitat and got to know where deer wanted to be in the far north of AB. My second year, I hunted hard but with little success until the last day of the season when I killed my first buck at age 26. I killed two deer the next year and have averaged 4-5 big game animals every year since. I've stalked to within swatting distance and have dropped them at over 600 yrds.

So even if you don't find a mentor, be patient, read up and learn the land. The deer will follow soon enough.

Have yet to shoot my first elk but will be trying to rectify that this season.
 
Unsub, you are about to embark on your greatest adventure!
There is nothing in the world like communing with nature in this way.
Modern society refuses to face what we all know, is imprinted in our DNA, as you also alluded too in your post.

My advice, do your homework, practice practice practice with that bow or rifle, at known distances. Choose your maximum range before you step out hunting...get a map of the area you plan to hunt and become familiar with the terrain.

Do not fall into the trap of techno-gadgetry, few instruments are really needed if you stay to one day hunting trips, away from home only.(map/compass/knife/knives, matches)

Important what Sjemac said, patience is a virtue, which will be rewarded.

If you plan to hunt alone or even not to, ensure you tell someone else you trust, before you leave home, and where you plan to hunt, with an estimated time of re-arrival at home, just in case.

Oh by the way...
Good luck to you Unsub!
 
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Sad to say that growing up in Sask that I have never been hunting in my life.
Other than a few pot shots at gophers.

Like a lot of people nowadays I grew up in a home with no father so I missed out on some of the traditional things. I have been fishing a few times. I started coming to CGN because of an interest in knives and milsurp gear and have been getting more and more into the idea of hunting and processing (with a really nice knife)my own food that is not stuffed full of chemicals and bovine growth hormone.

I see man as an apex predator like any other and it seems insane and irresponsible to abandon that because some movie with a talking animal in it.
I love wild game and I see it as being far more in touch with nature than some vegan in Vancouver will ever be. It seems to me that going into the bush with the goal of gathering food (and antler and bone for knife handles) is a lot more real than just wandering around with a camera like a tourist. You have to understand the animals habits and natural defences.

I have bought a novice compound bow off the exchange and am just starting the process of getting my PAL and I hope to be ready to hunt next year.
I am lucky that I am looking for a quarter section in the Prince Albert area so I should be able to hunt on my own land.

I would welcome any comments , advice or stories.
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I'm coming from exactly the same place as you, only I've got a couple of years' head start. Absent dad family, and although I grew up in a semi-rural area I spent my twenties and most of my thirties living downtown (with a woman who ranked hunters one step below Nazi war criminals).

Bought a house out in the sticks for my second marriage, and got gunned up and started hunting. The new (and vastly improved) wife loves it when I come stomping in with a big grin, wave a dead rabbit or grouse at her, and cook it for dinner. She is a pearl among women and I'm a lucky guy.

In fact, given that I work at home most of the time now, I sometimes pop out back with a shotgun on my lunch breaks.

Hunting is a blast. You were evolved for it. You'll love it.
 
My brothers and I were very lucky to be raised up in a family that is rich in competitive target shooting , hunting , and fishing.
I have taken several new hunters out over the years, and not one dropped it and got into something else.
it is a very stres relieving pastime!
Good luck in your new adventure!
cat
 
I too was raised without exposure to hunting. I picked up interest in it myself in my late 20's.

There are lots of good people out there, and on here, who will help you speed the learning curve.

Good luck and good hunting.
 
If you don't get your Pal, you should still grab a pair of antlers (real or fake) and get out there and call some deer in. Practice practice practice.
 
Although my dad was around til he died back in '81 he was never into hunting just fishing. He did take me a couple of times. I got into hunting in '86 when my buddy (who owned a small gunstore) sold me my first .22 and 12 ga.
I bagged a couple of grouse but never was really good with the shotgun. Started nailing (ont) groundhogs with the .22 and I was hooked. Graduated to deer hunting with my uncles party and it was a hoot.

Good luck and always remember to take a compass if you go into the bush alone. Take an initial bearing while on the roads edge and you`ll never get lost.
 
I grew up in a home where I had a dad who was not a hunter other than gophers or took the gun out for a backroad drive to shoot skunks ,rabbits or even coyotes, but all we grew up in the house with was .22.After I was old enuff to buy a 303 BR for my first hunting rifle I went out with a friend from school and his dad. My father killed all our own beef and pork and I was exposed to it at a very young age helping out .........usually had to hold the tail ..his way of keepin me and my brother out of the way when we were small, but we were still involved. Today I am willing to take kids out with me and show thenm about safe firearm handlinfg and let them shoot at targets at my range and at gophers or rabbits after they learn the basics.
 
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