What is the one piece of hunting/shooting advice you would give yourself if you could go back in time

[asd9055]

With so many mistakes and regrets, hard to just pick one. So, don't let any opportunity pass you by.

 

[6.5x300 WBY]

Like another said dont buy cheap stuff just to have it. Save for the best it may take longer to get it but it's worth it.
No factory rifles only custom.
Quick example.
Wanted a 454Casull
Bought a BFR instead of what I wanted a Freedom Arms Premier grade.
Now selling the BFR and will replace it with FA in 454 or 475. Waist of $$$

 

[skipglo]

Sorry....What was that?

Going back to when I was in my 20s I would say protect your hearing, when you lose 40% of your hearing it makes it hard to be a good hunter.

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[skipglo]

Should have made making those dream hunts more of a priority. Now, time has run out…too old.

Ditto!

 

[martyj]

Hunt more often before farmers wipe out the wildlife.
Pheasants are **** near extinct here now days and so are quail and jack rabbits.

 

[skipglo]

Going back to when I was in my 20s I would say protect your hearing, when you lose 40% of your hearing it makes it hard to be a good hunter.

X 2!

 

[Hydra6]

Going back to when I was in my 20s I would say protect your hearing, when you lose 40% of your hearing it makes it hard to be a good hunter.

Army took care of that

 

[DoneNOut]

Hunt more often before farmers wipe out the wildlife.
Pheasants are **** near extinct here now days and so are quail and jack rabbits.

"Don't Cuss The Farmer With Your Mouth Full!" Bwhahahaha

 

[skipglo]

Stay with the first wife! The opportunity cost of the next 3 divorces.....sure cuts into the hunting budgets!

 

[FEENIX]

Funny things you pick up from a book when reading it, hence this thread.

If you had the ability to go back to the point your hunting/shooting obsession began, what is the one and only thing you would you say to your younger self?

I know it will be hard to narrow it down to just one, there are so many.

For me, buy components even if you don't need them.

It's not advice, but I wish I could have hunted with my late Brother and Dad.

 

[DoneNOut]

Stay with the first wife! The opportunity cost of the next 3 divorces.....sure cuts into the hunting budgets!

"Don't get married, you treat the gals like cars. They get old, stop performing, start making annoying sounds...you trade for a new and younger ones!"

 

[skipglo]

"Don't get married, you treat the gals like cars. They get old, stop performing, start making annoying sounds...you trade for a new and younger ones!"

That's exactly how it worked...except the marriage part...when we hit 40 .....I traded in for about 18 months....for 20's!

 

[DoneNOut]

That's exactly how it worked...except the marriage part...when we hit 40 .....I trade in for about 18 months....for 20's!

We just got to stay on the traders side, and not the tradees!

 

[dustbag]

That's exactly how it worked...except the marriage part...when we hit 40 .....I trade in for about 18 months....for 20's!

In my 30s I told my wife when you hit 40 I'm gonna start looking. She's been calling my bluff for years. She keeps getting older and I haven't wanted to go out looking yet.