Going hunting for the first time this weekend

**Goofball** · 09-10-2010, 00:33

Going out for bear with a good friend of mine who is a veteran hunter. I have lots of firearm experience (military), but this will be the first time I have shot an animal bigger than a small bird (pellet gun when I was a kid). I'm wondering what that first time will be like. Will I like it? Will I be horrified?

Any hunters out there want to offer any advice or share their own experiences?

**Lemur** · 09-10-2010, 00:55

You could have a blast, you could hate it, or any reaction in-between. It's a bit like asking, "Will I like swimming?"

Main thing is how comfortable you are outdoors. I'm no veteran hunter, but I'm willing to venture my opinion anyway, that hunting is largely about being hot, being cold, being eaten up by insects and getting quite smelly over the course of two or three days. And if you play your cards right, you get to kill something. It's a lot like backpacking with boom-boom.

**Strike For The South** · 09-10-2010, 02:56

Dove? It's dove season down here.

**Lemur** · 09-10-2010, 03:52

He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.

**Strike For The South** · 09-10-2010, 03:54

Originally Posted by Lemur

He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.

Bro I'm dyslexic.

Now I'm going to kill myself because an adult said a hurtfull thing about my disability.

How is that weighing on your soul?

**Lemur** · 09-10-2010, 04:09

Does this mean you don't believe in dog?

**Vladimir** · 09-10-2010, 16:38

Originally Posted by Lemur

He said "bear," but I can see how you could easily mistake a bear for a dove. Happens to me all the time. Sometimes I even mistake chipmunks for wolves.

Actually, to a Lemur, they might!