There is alot of truth in BIGJ71's post, I agree very much.

There wasn't an internet when I started hunting, and I'm glad there wasn't. There are many, many things I would never have learned because they would have been so taboo if I had merely browsed the internet. The hunting world I grew up in was not overridden with PC BS. I learned the basics of hunting from my family, and much much more with just me and my friends.

The way I look at it, hunting is a very personal endeavor. While I enjoy reading and posting with you guys on here, what happens out in the field is very personal to me. Hunting is a sport where neither the other team or the referee is on the field with you. It is about competition and goals within yourself, and not how they apply to others. It is about being proud of your behavior, and doing the right thing, even when there is no one to watch you. When you bring competition with others into the mix, then IMO you cheapen what you do. Which is not to say I do not enjoy hunting with friends and family, but I am proud of the accomplishments in the field for what they are, and not whose is better. And that is much of the problem with the internet. Horn porn, antler envy, call it what you want but it is out there by the bucketful on the net.

Not to say there isn't good info out on the net, because there is. I have learned many things, of all kinds, on the net. But for the one just learning, who doesn't know better, sifting through the BS can be tough. I would rather just take my chances in the woods, they way it has always been. After all, are we not trying to get back to our roots when we hunt? The primeval urge to kill? Where has the internet been throughout history? Hunting has always been a man (or woman), with their weapon, in the woods, in a very personal endeavor.

My son does not really look up hunting on the net. He hunts with me or his grampa, andmore and more we are letting him make some of his own mistakes. He is progressing, and the leash is lengthening. Soon we will slip the lead and let him run, free to go into the wild to return as he needs. It is the way it should be.