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I gave up hunting/fishing while in college and took a while to get back into it after due to lack of money and moving into a new area. But now I hunt and fish as much as I can. One of the things I like doing the most besides shooting/catching something is mentoring others and sharing the rewards with them.
This pheasant season I hunted with an 89 year old air corps veteran and his 50 year old son. I've been hunting with him for 2 seasons and he probably knows way more about it than myself But we do short hunts and then he usually sits down when he gets wore out and sends us on our way for 30 mins to an hour where we meet back up and walk out together. I usually carry his gun and walk close to him in case he trips on the 1/2 - 1 mile walk back to the truck.
Someday he won't be around but he gets a real thrill out of it whether we get a bird or not. Probably put in 3 days a week for 2 months. I hope we can do it again next year.
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