Will I make a good hunter?

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This is my first Bulls eye shooting standing free hand. Not off the tree stump. I am shooting my 1953 Remington pump rifle in 22 calibre loaded with CCI CB mini caps. This is my first bulls Eye.

My dad will tell me what you think. I am proud! :)

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Son, from the looks of that smile, I would say you have the makings of a good hunter.
Just learn as much as you can and remember not to kill any critter that you do not intend to eat or that is not threatening you and respect the outdoors. You will find that you are starting on a life of sheer pleasure. Don't forget to enjoy the hunting experience even if there doesn't happen to be any game on a days outing.
Good shot by the way.
 
A good shot and a good hunter are different things, but starting with good shooting ability is definitely right foot forward!

Now to be a good hunter you must spend 1,000s of days, on foot in the forest studying the game animals. Learning their habits, what they eat, where they bed, their senses, interpreting all the sign, tracks, rubs, stink pots, finding shed antlers, glassing during the summer when everybody else is at the lake or the golf course, how they call, etc...

It will take many years, but they will be worth every minute.

When I was a young lad, I asked an 'old timer' how you hunt moose. He said, "Well you drive around the roads until you see one..."
So I did. And I shot a moose, but it was an 'empty' feeling. I didn't even bother hunting moose for another couple of years, then I decided I was going to learn how to hunt them, and I did it all on the soles of my two feet.
 
phreddy said:
Son, from the looks of that smile, I would say you have the makings of a good hunter.
Just learn as much as you can and remember not to kill any critter that you do not intend to eat or that is not threatening you and respect the outdoors. You will find that you are starting on a life of sheer pleasure. Don't forget to enjoy the hunting experience even if there doesn't happen to be any game on a days outing.
Good shot by the way.
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x2! :D

Nice shooting! :D
 
Awesome shooting kid! The squirrels and bunnies are gonna be afraid of you now!

And, kudos to dad, for taking the time to teach a young shooter!
 
Great shooting young man. Keep focused on the front sight and squeeze the trigger slowly. Looks like you have what it takes to be a marksman. Good work Dad.
 
Your path to becoming a good hunter will be interrupted by other desires such as trapping the tail off of a beaver.
 
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With a smile like that how can you not become the best hunter & shot there ever was...


Keep up the good work there young man... :D
 
Demonical said:
A good shot and a good hunter are different things, but starting with good shooting ability is definitely right foot forward!

Now to be a good hunter you must spend 1,000s of days, on foot in the forest studying the game animals. Learning their habits, what they eat, where they bed, their senses, interpreting all the sign, tracks, rubs, stink pots, finding shed antlers, glassing during the summer when everybody else is at the lake or the golf course, how they call, etc...

It will take many years, but they will be worth every minute.

When I was a young lad, I asked an 'old timer' how you hunt moose. He said, "Well you drive around the roads until you see one..."
So I did. And I shot a moose, but it was an 'empty' feeling. I didn't even bother hunting moose for another couple of years, then I decided I was going to learn how to hunt them, and I did it all on the soles of my two feet.
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Sir, this is a great post. I couldn't agree with you more, in a lot of ways it's the story of my l life.
You and I know that starting out in the morning with a bit of snow on the ground and picking up a fresh moose track, will mean a splendid day ahead. Few moose shooters today realize just how smart a moose is, when you get on their track.
We know that after they have their morning feed, they bed down, after going down wind, in the roughest terrain around. No one will get him by following in his tracks. When tracking them they are at least as smart as a whitetail buck.
Alas, the vast majority of modern moose shooters will never know that great feeling of satisfaction felt, after going into the moose's haunts and getting him on his own terms.
 
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