Signed Up For Hunter's Ed!

[Senko lover]

I've always been an avid outdoorsman, but my parents could care less about the outdoors. So I never grew up hunting or camping (or fishing, for that matter, until I taught myself). My sister's boyfriend has an old bow and is teaching me to shoot, and my boss has a bunch of land I can hunt on. I was a little late to the game signing up for Hunter's Ed, but bow season is open until January, so I have time. Looking forward to getting my first deer this fall!

 

[gardnerjigman]

That's awesome man! Pretty quick and painless class that you won't have a problem getting through. (Judging by your attention to detail and persistence) Most of it is common sense, although it's not that common anymore. Proud of you (not trying to sound like a tool) for grasping and inserting yourself into the outdoors without the upbringing in it! Post up pics of that hunter ed card when you get it, then the deer you get in the fall!

[Big C]

SWEET!  My parents are yuppies, so me and my brother have had to teach ourselves stuff about hunting/fishing.  In fact, I just completed the Hunter Ed. course two weeks ago, it was pretty easy so don't worry about failing.  They actually gave me the card before checking my test, they said they have only had two people fail in 32 years.  Congrats on signing up.

[Bluebasser86]

I enjoyed Hunter's Ed when I was a kid. I've been through the class twice. First time when I was 8 and taking it for myself. Second time I went through the class with my "Little" when I was in Big Brother/Big Sisters. It hadn't changed much in almost 20 years. Hopefully the class you take will have a lot of the basic survival and game ID stuff that the classes I took did, very good information to know.

[powerduster]

Good for you! I always wanted to hunt and even paid a $20 fee for a weekeend course. That was 3 years ago, and never ended up going, lol. Actually met a friend who just started out fishing and his parents were not outdoorsman at all. They seemed reluctant about him fishing, but quickly got over it.

[golfrnut]

Enjoy it man!

 

The safety course, you would think is pretty self-explanatory....and it is.  The sad thing is, there are accidents every year that prove that folks still don't pay attention/get complacent during the season.  My hunter's ed instructor was shot decades ago by someone that thought he was a turkey...true story...a turkey.  Have a friend that shot himself though the hand with a .22 mag.  Have another friend that was shot with a .50 cal muzzleloader in the thigh by someone else.  Had a guy I knew in high school shot and killed a couple of years back by a hunting party he was with while driving deer.  Grew up in VA, and you hear about at least one accident a year in the general area...I'm sure it happens lots of other places too.  Had folks walk past me before in black sweat pants, with a black dog, during the heart of deer season leisurely hiking the Alleghany trail.  Hunters must wear orange, but if you aren't hunting, you are free to wear whatever you want.  Not something you would catch me doing, but it's free choice and some folks are none the wiser.  Have to watch out for yourself as much as others.

[Ratherbfishing]

Ah, the hunters safety course!  I took that course more years ago than I care to think about.  It was, for me anyway, an important right of passage.  Treat it seriously but have fun with it, too.