ORIGINAL: TeeJay
Jeff no offence ok, but I think expirience onlt comes with time. You hunted your butt off this year and had a good year....kudos for that. The back up quarterback that gets thrown in the Super Bowl cause the starter is hurt and wins the game....is he expirenced? No he is trained big difference. Like posted before expirence isnt the cure all either, I have read and know of many archers that have made poor decisions recently. Im sorry 1 year of hunting doen not make a seasoned hunter JMO.
Yes Teejay, but some learn faster and adapt better. I think what Jeff is asking is "When does one become experience" What is the time frame? Who sets it? Do you have to have a certain numbers of kills?
My Uncle(trigger) will shoot a deer running, walking, sideways you name it. He has been hunting for 30+ years. By defination I would say he is "experience", but I would also say he does notmake the best choices, because he fails to learn from hisexperience.
I think what Jeff is asking is there a "timeline"? I would say no, what Jeff did and should be a model for all is he tried to learn from our experience here on HNI. He read books, and he listen to all of us. Some may think he didn't, but he did listen.
Would I call Jeff experience hunter, NO, I would say he is really smart first year hunter. Would I rate him better then some of guys I know at my club with 25+ years experience, YES