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Who wants to tell their first hunting experience? I'll go first
>father owns his own land for me to do basically whatever I want to on
>express interest in hunting
>father was a butcher, just doesn't like hunting for whatever reason
>ask if I can go at it solo
>he says yes, but to tell him where I'll be hunting from
>takes my mosin out of his safe and hands it to me
>remember hearing about tree stands
>too cheap to buy one and too lazy to nail some 2x4s to a tree
>figure I'll just stand in the tree
>find one that doesn't look too hard to get high up on
>still a bitch and a half with a rifle over my shoulder
>wait from sun rise to sunset
>nothing
>repeat for the rest of the week
>get scared by a bear walking directly by my tree
>next day
>see a deer
>shoot it
>it runs away
>practically fall out of the tree trying to get to the tracks
>see an ungodly amount of blood
>think I shot a deer sized blood bag
>track the trail for half a mile
>simple enough for a noob like me to do it thanks to blood
>find the carcass
>get sad since the deer was cute, but happy since it's my first kill
>temporarily freak out trying to figure out how to get it home
>decide to throw it over my shoulder and walk home
>don't want to drag it through the dirt, that might be dirty
>was tiring, but I made it eventually
>dad says "anon, don't tell anyone about the deer you hunted"
>get chewed out for 30 minutes
>it was a doe, I was just too stupid to put 2 and 2 together
