I've been hunting for 25+ years. Am I experienced? To my friends andmy sonsthat I have taught/am teachingto hunt I am. To the people I learned from, I'm still getting there. It's all relative. I try to learn something everytime I hit the woods, I'm never too old to learn something new. Am I gonna tell someone I am more experienced because I have more hours in the woods than they have, not a chance. I can stilllearn from them.

Patience and discipline in shot selection is not something I had as a newbee, but it isone of the first things I have taught to my sons...go figure. I guess it wasn't a high priority when I was green, because I can't remember my dad or uncles telling me to bepatient.