been hunting for 4 years now...this turkey season will be #5...it was the first thing i hunted...but i was coon hunting way before that when i was 6 i was goign with dad to hunt tree rats to be the gopher..but he never hit them with that old 22 anyways..i remember picking maybe 2 up...and i was always his eyes like i still am now...id have to say hes close to blind and deaf the way game walks aroudn us and he has no idea...i have a picture around somewhere i was in diapers id say about 2 i caught my first fish..a rainbow trout on dads fly rod with a worm....i went scouting since about 6 also...i think dad taught me all hes going to..the rest i have to learn as i go like he did...for only turning 16 i think ive been at it for a pretty long time..but never " hunting" until 12..but the carrying a gun and shooting is only a portion of hunting...