FrozenNorth
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Hello All,
I have a real name, but everyone just calls me Red these days and I am alright if you all choose to as well.
I am from Central Maine and grew up in an outdoors oriented family but they were not hunters. I was introduced to this great past time by my uncle at the age of 10 (legal minimum age to get a junior license at the time) in my great-grandmother's woods chasing deer opening day. I hunted that single day that year, and ever since I have been hooked on the sport.
My uncle didn't have time to take me often, he had to drive 3.5 hours to come up, and so I begged and pleaded with anyone who hunted to take me out and teach me. Once I turned 16 and could hunt by myself I took to the woods to learn through trial and error.....a lot of error.
I became very adept at chasing small game, especially ruffed grouse which tend to be plentiful up here, but then I met a neighbor that had moved up from New Jersey who was an avid deer hunter and he took me under his wing. That year I shot my first Jake turkey in the Fall season, which I attribute to an increase in confidence and basic skills my neighbor had given me, the next year I shot my first deer which was a 130lb 4 point buck at the age of 23.
I am currently up to 7 turkeys, including two Fall seasons in a row where I tagged my limit of 2 with 1 shot, I bagged my second deer this past season which was a 180lb 8 point, and I even took up waterfowling and coyote hunting. Basically, I hunt anything, anywhere, whenever I can.
I am in a state that is almost all private land, and so I cobble together permission when and where I can, but I dream of big public land hunts in my future. I came to this forum to continue to listen and learn from those who have been at this much longer than I and to hopefully add something meaningful to the conversation.
Thanks for reading.
Red
I have a real name, but everyone just calls me Red these days and I am alright if you all choose to as well.
I am from Central Maine and grew up in an outdoors oriented family but they were not hunters. I was introduced to this great past time by my uncle at the age of 10 (legal minimum age to get a junior license at the time) in my great-grandmother's woods chasing deer opening day. I hunted that single day that year, and ever since I have been hooked on the sport.
My uncle didn't have time to take me often, he had to drive 3.5 hours to come up, and so I begged and pleaded with anyone who hunted to take me out and teach me. Once I turned 16 and could hunt by myself I took to the woods to learn through trial and error.....a lot of error.
I became very adept at chasing small game, especially ruffed grouse which tend to be plentiful up here, but then I met a neighbor that had moved up from New Jersey who was an avid deer hunter and he took me under his wing. That year I shot my first Jake turkey in the Fall season, which I attribute to an increase in confidence and basic skills my neighbor had given me, the next year I shot my first deer which was a 130lb 4 point buck at the age of 23.
I am currently up to 7 turkeys, including two Fall seasons in a row where I tagged my limit of 2 with 1 shot, I bagged my second deer this past season which was a 180lb 8 point, and I even took up waterfowling and coyote hunting. Basically, I hunt anything, anywhere, whenever I can.
I am in a state that is almost all private land, and so I cobble together permission when and where I can, but I dream of big public land hunts in my future. I came to this forum to continue to listen and learn from those who have been at this much longer than I and to hopefully add something meaningful to the conversation.
Thanks for reading.
Red
