Mine is similar to Buckeye.......NOBODY in my family hunts or shoots anything. So where did I come from? At least I had the support of my parents who came through with basic equipment for me to hone my skills until I could get a job at 14.
I was the kid with a Sports Afield subscription at age 7.

So basically anything I have ever done in the outdoors , which I have been addicted to since birth I have figured out entirely on my own.
I turned myself from a kid with a bobber and bluegills into a professional fly fishing guide, and I turned myself from a kid with a box store bought Bear compound at age 12 into a competitive 3D shooter on a National level.

My greatest accomplishment in archery was my very first ever big 3D shoot......I entered an ASA National Pro AM event that came to PA a few years ago just to have some fun with some friends and see what a "BIG" shoot was like. Well a 2 day event which was meant to just be a fun learning experience turned into my first National 3D win in my first ever try and my first ever ASA event.
I have since won or placed in some other pretty big events but the feeling of seeing my name at the top of a leaderboard of such an event is one that I will never forget.
From the little kid flinging arrows at haybales to a National title..........on my own.
Pretty proud of that.

(I just wish I had more time to devote to it)