RE: hunting age!!!!!!
30 yreas old, been hinting since 14 and been going hunting since before that. Bow hunting for 5 years.
The simple fact is (and what the article was tryting to say), there are less and less young people getting into hunting. There has just been a culture shift. Kids nowadays just don't have the interest and/or their fathers don't hunt anymore. Couple cases in point: 1) when I was in highschool there was a large percentage of kids that hunted (1st day of deer season was like an unwritten day off); now there is a very small percentage that hunts and many of the kids I grew up with have drifted away from the sport 2) my brothers are in highschool - one enjoys the outdoors & shooting and the other wants nothing to do with it; the one that enjoys the outdoors would love to go with us hunting, etc. but he never has any time (if he's not playing football, basketball, baseball, hockey, etc, he has other extraciricular activities that keeps him aweful busy - and not just during school - it contiinues throughout the summer), he turned 16 this season so he could go shotgun hunting, but never was able to - we try but it never seems to work out, hopefully I can get him out for turkey season 3) I know of a few people, personnally that have expressed an interest in starting up with hunting, but they don't know where to go or who to ask (they don't live near me so I couldn't help that much - i tried to get them down to turkey hunt), it's hard for a novice to get started without knowing some one, it can be "aukward" and a bit intimidating for people just starting
anyway, got to keep trying
ps - oneida, where you at in NY (I assume your handle is the bow you shoot?)