mid 20's virginia boy here. Also self teaching myself to hunt. Fished a lot as a kid but no one in my family has ever done like any kind of hunting ever. Been getting into hunting for the last few years(was out of the country all last fall and winter though)
>>1550693MEATEATER - Fucking this. The meateater show, podcast, website, videos, and books have all been TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL! Also those guys are all about hunting and fishing everything and are also all about conservation, ethics and the morality of hunting, and appreciating the outdoors.
>>1551748Ah washington state is supposed to be so nice for all kinds of things.
My background: I am an eagle scout and was always playing in the woods in general when little. Learned a lot about survival and primitive living...actually run a wilderness survival/primitive skills camp for kids all next week. Once I had a decent job I started getting into guns and shooting that lead to hunting and having no fucking clue how to start, where to go, or what I needed.
>I started talking to everyone I could and asking everyone I could Id ask if they hunt, if they know anyone who does. If they hunt or knew anyone id have a lot more questions like what they hunt for, where they hunt, about clothes, about weapons, everything under the sun.
>my first few times trying to hunt for deer were hilariously awfulEventually after asking around a ton, bothering people, and mentioning to everybody I could that I was interested in getting into hunting, the husband of my grandmothers friend brought me out to his hunt club.
>the old man gave me a scoped, single shot 20ga shotgun to use and put me up in a tree stand.That day I shot my first deer, a young 3 point. Since then I've pretty much been back on my own. I've probably only harvested a hen turkey and a few rabbits and squirrels since then...I've also mostly been trying to bow hunt. Also there have been several times where I might have been able to call in a tom turkey but was----
