FloydofOz
Active Member
So I'm getting prepared for my first hunting season. Last year, as I mentioned in a few posts, I bought my first rifle and shotgun. I've spent the past 6 months or so practicing my marksmanship and researching hunting in Maryland.
I recently took the next step by signing up for Hunter Education in Montgomery County. The class is in two weeks. I just finished the workbook that they send you before the course...and I'M SO PUMPED!
It certainly helped that the book was written in the same style as the Boy Scout handbook! I loved the Scouts and actually am an Eagle Scout, so I was pretty pumped to get another chance to enjoy a civic handbook written in English plain enough for a 6th grader, with the occasional grammatical error.
I can't wait to harvest my own healthy, organic, free meat. I hope I have some successful trips.
So far I'm planning on going for waterfowl (probably starting with geese because I hear they're easier to take) and rabbits.
I've already made contact with one person on this forum who has very generously offered to take me on a trip. If anyone would be interested in doing some hunting with an enthusiastic amateur, private message me! Don't worry, I'm very safe and wont screw anything up (I don't think I live in Rockville, but am willing to drive to wherever the best spots are in the state.
Any tips for how I should get started are welcome.
I still need to get my orange and some other clothing, as well as a new good knife.
So I now pose the question; how awesome is hunting?! I'd like to hear your thoughts on the hunter's philosophy, the fundamental human needs that are fulfilled by knowing you can harvest your own food, how to minimize the suffering of the game, and any other thoughts. What motivates you to hunt?
Thanks!
~Floyd
I recently took the next step by signing up for Hunter Education in Montgomery County. The class is in two weeks. I just finished the workbook that they send you before the course...and I'M SO PUMPED!
It certainly helped that the book was written in the same style as the Boy Scout handbook! I loved the Scouts and actually am an Eagle Scout, so I was pretty pumped to get another chance to enjoy a civic handbook written in English plain enough for a 6th grader, with the occasional grammatical error.
I can't wait to harvest my own healthy, organic, free meat. I hope I have some successful trips.
So far I'm planning on going for waterfowl (probably starting with geese because I hear they're easier to take) and rabbits.
I've already made contact with one person on this forum who has very generously offered to take me on a trip. If anyone would be interested in doing some hunting with an enthusiastic amateur, private message me! Don't worry, I'm very safe and wont screw anything up (I don't think I live in Rockville, but am willing to drive to wherever the best spots are in the state.
Any tips for how I should get started are welcome.
I still need to get my orange and some other clothing, as well as a new good knife.
So I now pose the question; how awesome is hunting?! I'd like to hear your thoughts on the hunter's philosophy, the fundamental human needs that are fulfilled by knowing you can harvest your own food, how to minimize the suffering of the game, and any other thoughts. What motivates you to hunt?
Thanks!
~Floyd