I have never given it any thought I usually read the info and because of My age usually can't remember the next day, I save it to My favorites or a folder so I can reference it at a later date . I don't in most cases have much input so I just read and learn from all of You and am grateful that I can. And if someone should not believe in You because of Your age it is there loss. I for one appreciate anything anyone has to say unless they are ridiculing someone else which in that case would make them a good candidate for a warning. Thanks to all of You for what I have had the opportunity to learn. Ron 56 years of life

I havent really thought about it too much. When i open a topic, i read all the posts in there for what they are worth, sorting out their content. Sure i listen a whole lot more when certain people on this site talk ( due to their proven track record) but i take in what everyone has to say, sort through it and then apply what can be useful to me. There is so much useful information on this site thati am convinced that a person who has never even went into the woods before could absorb enough info to go out and kill a deer their first year. (ok well maybe im being alittle generous) Knowledge is one of the very few things in life that you cant have enough of, absorb everything you can, see all sides of the story and then sort out what applies to you. Just cause some guy out in Iowa or Kansas shoots a booner every year in his back yard, his hunting style might not apply directly to where i hunt here in nj, but you can bet the ranch that i can find something he is doing right and make me a better hunter.

Age and post count don't mean anything to me. It's all about reputation. If someone builds a good reputation by posting quality posts...chances are I will read through their posts. But there are a few people (even older people) on this site that seem like they can't list a serious post to save their life....needless to say, I usually skip over their posts. There is a wealth of info on this site, I will never have time to read it all, so I definitly don't need to waste my time ready useless info.

Your right! but it is very hard to read some of it. It's kinda like there out clay shooting or something. My wifes grandpaw has some similar stories, at first it was hard to understand but it was a different time. I would love to have some of those oppritunities, hunting Grizzly, Elk, Ram, Goat, Lion, exc. Sorry to Hyjack, I'm done now.

I voted no, but agree that alot of it depends on content. As far as "kids" just restating what they've read/been told, if its new to me I don't care if it comes from my Grandpa or the kid next door, I'll try to absorb it.

Ken

Age doesn't play into it as much as maturity. I see immature posts by people in my age group (over 40) as well as those that haven't reached adulthood yet.

From my perspective, when I see someone with a insecurity about being listened to, ie they don't think people take them and what they say seriously, a lot of the time I conclude they are kids, and looking at the previous thread on age, I am usually right. Usually these people aren't taken seriously, IMHO, because they don't know how to express themselves in a way to elicit serious consideration of their ideas.

Age doesn't matter to me. My bowtech just turned 23 and I listen to EVERYTHING that he tells me!!

Whenit comes to actual bow hunting, tuning and other technical subjects, the answer is no, I don't consider the age of the person who's posting. The thing is that for ME, this time last year, a "tiller" was only a garden power tool, the terms "riser" and "brace height" only applied to carpentry, "proper spine" meant you didn't have scoliosis or a ruptured disc, "torque" was bolt tightening pressure,"serving" was what you did in a tennismatchand terms like "center-shot" and "forward of center percentage" were unheard of.
I think it's really all relative. I haven't bow hunted yet, so just about everyone on here knows more about "bow hunting" than I do, but some of the older, more experienced archers/bow hunters probably know more than you and have probably forgotten more than I'll ever know.
I have six kids, ages 23, 20, 19, 18, 17, and 13. In my 24 years in the Navy, I'vemanaged, supervised,mentored and moldedway more than a few18-21 year old sailors. I believe that I have a good handle onhow the young adult mind works, and I've said that to say one thing.... I'll never discredit what someone says based on their age.

Im not going to read the 5 pages of replys, but i would like to say that the age shouldnt affect the way people are percieved, but unfortunately i think it does. I think there are a lot of older guys that are just too proud to take anvice from a younger generation....JMO

In 95% of the cases, I don't even know what the age of a person is.....Sometimes I just by chance know, maybe they've mentioned it in another thread or something, but age doesn't enter into the equation for me, most of the time anyway.