I was not introduced to hunting by anyone. i really can't pinpoint where I got the bug. My uncle is big into hunting, but we never hunted together until I had hunted for several years. Maybe it was genetics from my uncle, but my Father has never hunted, until I took him a few times. I will pass on a funny little anecdote that relates to this subject. My oldest son and I have been hunting togther for a while. He's 20 now, and this story happened when he was 14. I took him to SC to my honey hole(where I am headed this weekend!!!!) and placed him in my best area and the tree I usually take one on every season. I told him where to expect them to come from, and so on. Not 5 minutes after I left him, just as I was getting myself ready--blam! I went over to him and his stand was still about 8 feet up the tree, and he was grinning from ear to ear, holding up the head of a nice 8 pointer! I was thrilled and ready for a big hug, and thank you when all of a sudden he got this Barney Fife know it all look on his face and said," You know Dad. I'm a better hunter than you now!" Lucky for him, I had left my gun at my stand!