Hey guys,

I just got to thinking about hunting and beginners. I was just wondering how many guys on here learned everything about archery hunting by themselves, or, did you have people there helping you?

My father and grandfather both use to archery hunt, but, they stopped before I started so I pretty much learned everything by myself. My bestfriend was in the same situation. Nobody in his family archery hunted at all. So, we learned together. We took our experiences, the good and the bad, and used these to learn and grow as archery hunters. I won' t say that I never had any help from my dad or my grandfather, as they were there, and, I could ask them questions, but, most of the time, the answers were short and not in depth.

Now, I have seen people who have had no clue about hunting when they started. Nobody to help them. They were learning by themselves. I had one friend from school who was like this. Nobody in his family hunted, but, he wanted to archery hunt. He got a bow, treestand, camo, ect.. I invited him out to one of the areas that I hunt. We went to the landowners house and talked to him, and he said that it would be fine for my friend to hunt his property. Well, season started and he was out there hunting. One evening I got a call, he had just shot a doe and needed help tracking it. Well, I went out and the trail was bad, tiny drops of blood every once-in-awhile. Well, I helped him track that deer until I had to go home. He had two of his friends with him the next day looking for that deer. They never found it. A few days later, same thing happens, I helped him look for awhile, then we packed out to let the deer alone over-night, next morning him and his friends were there and nothing. Probablly a week after that, I get another call, this time he shot a buck and needed help. Well, I went out there to find the same type of trail. He kept saying that he " got a perfect shot" but, I knew that he didn' t put it through the boiler room. I just asked him " where did you hit" and he said " it hit him perfect, right in front of the front shoulder like I do with my gun" I had no clue that he didn' t know where to aim, I just kinda figured that if he was hunting, he would have known that. I explained to him why that is a bad shot, where to aim, and all that good stuff. Well, at the end of the season, he was finally able to harvest a doe. He waited on the right shot and he knew where to put the arrow.

I just wanted to see which category you fell into.



1. No help at all

2. No hands on help but some vocal help

3. Hands on help