skiking

I had to figure out by myself almost all that I know.

Jimmy S

It definitely started with my Dad. Now passed to my three sons and two grandsons, keeping the tradition alive. Even after all these years, we are all still learning.

seankb

I learned a lot of the basics from a buddy that I still hunt with. But he also taught me a lot of wrong advanced tactics so now I'm trying to erase all that in both of us. I learn mostly from plases like this,books,mags, very little from tv. Never stop learning its the only way to stay grounded.

Sniggle

Learned how to gut and skin a deer from my neighbor last year (I had always wanted to try hunting, and the combination of where I moved and my neighbor gave me the impetus to start last year at 44).

I watched a few you tube videos to learn how to butcher deer, and got some tips from the nieghbor, and I am obviously still learning each deer I butcher (3 under my belt so far).

Watched a few hunting shows and read a few articles to get smarter on deer habits.

Still working on staying calm and relaxed when it comes time to release the arrow:-)

Father Forkhorn

Reading and hunting experience (which I'm still short on).

What I've found is that reading helps me make sense of things I'm seeing and also to make predictions. e.g. that a scrape probably means such and such, or how to predict what deer might be doing.