My dad was taking me hunting from the time I was big enough to walk. But he didn't deer hunt much. I killed my first deer, when i was 14 witha bow. My dad was a big time duck, dove, and quail hunter and we squirrell and rabbit hunted some but I learned to deer hunt on my own. I think it's something that I was born with. I think I would have hunted no matter what because it's a desire that burns so deep within me. I have friends like you that are diehard hunters that didn't grow up with anyone around them hunting. They were just born with the desire to hunt. I have seen it be the opposite as well. I have seen diehard hunters have kids that don't wind up hunting. Some hunters just start hunting in later life and realize how enjoyable it can be, some are born into it and some are born with it inside of them. JMO