rybo...One thing I've noticed since getting on several different Internet forums is that it seems to me, most guys didn't grow up in the country hunting the family farm and many didn't get into hunting until later in life...I'm the exception, the family farms that I hunt have been in the family for 40 years or so, so I was hunting them in my early years...Starting with a .22 and squirrels, I still think this is the way to learn to hunt...

I didn't shoot many does until the 70s...I always wanted a buck...Sitting in a tree one morning over Thanksgiving break, I had a herd of does come by, 15-20...I enjoy deer meat and that's when I changed...I dropped the lead doe and the rest milled around, I took another...I've been doing the same ever since...Fortunately I'm from a big family and we have 12-15 or so family members and friends that like to hunt...Typically we kill 40-50 deer a year from 3 different farms, none go to waste and I have some fond memories of my nieces and nephews killing their first deer...

I have plenty of help now as my nieces and nephews are getting older...Back in the 80s, I killed a ton of deer, we had permits and I can tell you, yes it can get to be quite a chore...To top it off, we had a farmer we leased the land to that would spot light deer at night because we had 40-50 eating his crops...
We have since changed farmers and we consult with him as to which farms need the most attention...Now that we have the herd in check, it's gotten easier....