My dad has always been a big time hunter.. Started taking me with him and showing me everything he knew when I was around 10 years old. At age 14 he bought me a 270 and turned me loose to scout my own deer, set up my own spots. I learned just as much and a lot more just from being in the woods all the time studying everything about the deer. I made many mistakes as far as where I set up to ambush deer, the direction of the wind and my scent, signs to look for. I'm 31 now and though I've had a ton of really good, successful seasons I still feel I have a lot to learn. Now my dad is approaching 60 and hunts with me all the time in my hunting shack. He's loud as crap, never stops talking and fumbling around in there (probably the same thing he was saying about me when I was a kid). Seems like now I'm trying to teach him what I know about hunting and for some reason think he doesn't
We get in a lot of good debates in the woods these days.