My friend first got me interested in shooting when i was 17-18. We became friends because we both were military junkies who loved to talk about guns and weapons of the various militaries around the world. He took me out and i fired his .22 and was hooked from then on. I eventually moved up to a 12 gauge and then his .222 which i absolutely love and told him i will buy when he wants to get rid of it. This deer season will be my first and he will be right along with me. My uncles and my dad hunt but none ever taught me and my dad never took the time to help me and get me interested (mom and dad are divorced) but now that i've gotten started kinda on my own with the help of a friend, i think he's realized its his responsibility to help me. He doesn't know this but i bought my guns and got interested in hunting because i was hoping it would be something we could do together, strenghten our relationship.