RE: How did you get started in hunting?
At about age 9 I was allowed to go along on pheasant hunts in Michigan's thumb area near Brown City. I continued doing that until age 12 when I would tag along at deer camp. Then, at 14, I saved up my lawn cutting $$ all summer to buy a 7 X 57 Steyr Mannlicher. Still have it today. From there I just kept getting into more hunting, especially after I received a SxS 20 ga. for my 16th birthday. My dad and gunsmith granddad taught me the love of the woods and the peace of the outdoors. Still prefer to be outside more than anywhere else.
When I can find the time I bowhunt, squirrel hunt, rifle hunt, muzzleload hunt, bird hunt...and when the seasons don't offer me any hunting I'm out there sitting and watching.