Best animal to start with for a new hunter? (Nor Cal)
I'll start by saying Im 21 and live in Northern California. I've never owned a firearm or have even been on a hunt before, it's also worth mentioning that I don't know anyone that hunts.
I want to start hunting in my area, Obviously before I choose my wepon type I need to know what I'll be hunting.
Long term Id like to be a big game/deer hunter.
By the time I start my first hunt I'll most likely have a 7.4 cubic ft freezer as this fits my price point the best. At first I thought I'd skip birds and and shotguns all together, (my impression is that all bird hunting is done with shotguns, is this true?) and take a boar as my first animal i don't know how doable that is because those things are pretty large.
It would be my first time skinning and packing an animal and I don't want to waste anything so do I need to buy that shotgun and start with birds or not? Or am I going about this all wrong?
Last edited by Jay lance; 05-09-2015 at 10:31 AM.