so how old is every body, not being rude just wondering

[theduke]

will just wondering how old people on this bored are, and also want to see if there are any younger guys the newer generation of hunters on here or am i the only one lol. jk. will ill start it off im 21yr old , and no i havent fallen for the facebook bug, this is my face book:) been hunting for 3 years now and loving it i was hooked from day 1 cant believe anyone age would pass up opertunities like being outdoors, to be in a club or at a mall all day

[VerySavage]

Well, I am kind of an old phart, if I make it till next Monday I turn 50 on October 1/07. I shot my first big game animal, a Bull Moose, on my 14th Birthday in 1971. I was hiking along with my Dad on his hunts for 7 or 8 years before I was old enough to hunt. So at one time I was part of the "next generation" of hunters. Yup, I love to hunt!:love:
No Quit or Surrender!
--Ken

[pickrel pat]

35 years young.

[Piker]

I am 67 yrs old and have been hunting since i was seven. My Dad gave me an old single shot .22 to shoot gophers. At age 12 I got a single shot 12 guage which you learned quick to shoot cause your shoulder could not take the punishment. I got my first deer at 14 yrs. My Dad was a great conservasionat and teacher and I learned how to love anything sbout animals and the outdoors.

[Dick284]

43 next Month.

[Senator]

23

[catnthehat]

53 year old , shot my first pheasant when I was 9 , hunting big game since I ws twelve,guided my first paying clients at 21 years old.

Used to be tough as raw hide, and quick as as ashes in the wind.
slowing up a tad these days because of a family and a city job, but regret nothing!:)

Cat

[mulecrazy]

24. Took My first deer at age 14 and been hooked ever since.

[-NDN-]

30 years old and wish life didnt move so fast. been hunting since i cant remember when, cuz, im so old of course, my mind doesnt work.:D

[hauchk]

Not a rude question, just makes a person ponder their own mortality.
I will be (47) this year.

[Zak 150]

I turned 34 on Provincial Hunting Day!

[chuck0039]

I'M 28 yrs and been hunting since i was 14 or 15 and tagging along with friends dad since i was 10. WOW has time ever flowen by. now that i look back at when i first started it has gone by so fast thats depressing:cry: ohwell another hunting season is here now:)

[Gunner22a]

Why you ask? Because I'm off at noon today and headed out hunting for a week. I'm 53 at the moment and will feel 23 when we hit camp in about 8 hours. Unfortunatly in another week I will be 53 once again.

[Dr. Fish]

I am 27 and do not remember a time in which I have not been hunting and fishing. Not sure how old I was but the first game I ever took was a sharptail grouse, used an old 22 with irons. Closely followed by ducks with the 410 and then deer with my Grandfathers 243.

Good times!!

[Northern_Hunting_Mom]

33. I've been into hunting for 8 years now. My daughter who is 11 goes with us most times for big game and upland hunting. She loves it too. Our 5 year old has gone on some upland hunts but has not had the chance to be with when we drop a big one yet. Soon, soon.

[sheephunter]

47 but still able to climb mountains!

[Tundra Monkey]

I'm 37.....38 on Saturday. I'll be in moose camp outside of Ft. Liard.....leaving after work today:evilgrin: :tongue2:

Good luck in all your hunts down there.....sounds like it's going pretty well by some of the other posts...tm

[Rockymtnx]

27

[cujo1969]

38 been hunting for ever it seems

[FiveO]

34. shot my first duck with a 410 at 10 years of age and continued bird hunting until about 10 years ago when I got introduced to Big game. First Deer at 24 didnt get a moose until 28. Hopefully get an Elk before 40.

[Bushrat]

47 and I get stupider every year.:scared:

[Northern_Hunting_Mom]

Why is it that being wise means knowing how stupid you are?

Didn't tell me that when I was a smart teenager who knew everything and couldn't wait to grow up.:huh:

[Kelly & Beth]

I'm 27 and have just started hunting when I meet my hubby Kelly.(about 3years now) been fishing for years though. Our two boys (2) and (1) have been out fishing and hunting since day 5 of each of their lives. Plus while I was carrying Del and Emmit as well, we hunted and fished. Delvin (2) was fishing on the shore of medicine lake when he was days old. Emmit (1) has been everywhere as well. I take the bigger guy in the bush when I check the trail camera. Thats our next generation of hunters and fishers.

Beth

[Suka]

48, son turns 18 monday. Only 2 other kids hunted in his grade at school, now he's in the workforce, everyone he works with hunts and fishes. Figure he's in good company.

[chef]

44 and have been hunting and fishing longer than i can remember ,fact is my first memory of the outdoors is when i went fishing with my dad and came home with my mom . that was over 45 years ago:love:
You could say I was born into it.:evilgrin:

[sirmike68]

I'm 32. Started to hunt by myself at 14 yrs. Told my dad I wanted to go shoot some ducks so we went out to my uncles farm and my uncle and my dad dropped me off at one of his fields and pointed me towards the slough were my uncle had seen a few. They took off and said they'll be back in a couple hours. They probably didn't think I would get anything but I suprised them and got 12 ducks 1st time out. They were surprised but my mom was p%ssed because she ended cleaning them all.

[hunt_and_fish]

28 and looking great. Who am I kidding - 28 and still as ugly as ever.

[YamahaMan72]

I am the big 34 wifes 32 she also hunt and fishes

[geezer55]

52 this year

[John Spartan]

47.

The older I get, the better I was...

[ABwhitetail]

30...

[Lethalconnection]

Wow looks like im the kid on this site so far. Im 19 http://www.planet-tolkien.com/images/smileys/Baby_Gurl_Emoticon.gif

[Nationwide]

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[TBark]

43,
Well Ok 46.
But chicks still dig me. Old chicks, LOL.

TBark

[Scott N]

41

[Cdamen]

20

[Huntnut]

Just turned 25 err I mean 45

[WTHunter]

29

[Chevy 454]

Will be 44 in a few months.

[ULTRAlite]

29.8

[Frans]

44

My birthday is usually just before or on opening day for sheep in the South, so I celebrate them on the mountain. No better place. Just nobody to toast with. Nor booze to toast with either. Just water, and a festive snickers bar.

Frans

[gunslinger]

32 now , shot my first deer at 14 with my dad and been hunting since i started to get my grades to b,s cause we werent allowed to go to elk camp if we got c,s but dad always gave in when we woudlnt get off the trak machine the moring he was leaving,haha

[Soreneck Racing]

Well it looks like I am in good company here . . . I am -- years old and learning new things everyday.

Funny thing is, I recently tried on some of those cheapo reading glasses at the drug store the other day and boy, did it ever make a difference when reading the fine print-guess I will have to get my eyes checked . . . everything else is working okay.

The Tobi Keith song with the lyrics "You know, I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" seems to make a lot of sense to me now.

By the way Chef, I like your sense of humour. It gave me a chuckle!

[Jamie]

37 or 38
I get confused..
My wife takes care of these types of details
:lol: :lol:
Been hunting since I was 15. Took my first deer at 16.
I sure wish I had a pic of that deer, I am not even sure what happened to the horns... Something about trying to boil them in bleach on the BBQ.. Not a smart kid was I.
I am going to have to go rooting around at Mom and Dads place to see what I can turn up

Jamie

[sheephunter]

Funny thing is, I recently tried on some of those cheapo reading glasses at the drug store the other day and boy, did it ever make a difference when reading the fine print-guess I will have to get my eyes checked . . . everything else is working okay.



Hmmm....must be a 45 thing....same for me and I know 209x50 is coming to terms with is as well....lol

Oh well...at least sheep on distant mountains are still clear as a bell.

[packhuntr]

30.....and not sure why... Like a cactus berry, hoping to get better with age!!

keep a strain on er.

[Warrior]

37... Been tagging along forever, shot my first deer at 14, a 5x5 WT. Horns still hangin in my old bedroom at mom and dads...

I used to tag along with my dad, now he tags along with me...LOL

[Orion]

46. My dad started taking me hunting with him when I was 4.

[John Spartan]

Hmmm....must be a 45 thing....same for me and I know 209x50 is coming to terms with is as well....lol

Oh well...at least sheep on distant mountains are still clear as a bell.

For me, that is through progressive bifocals which still allow me to hunt using iron sights.

[-NDN-]

Wow looks like im the kid on this site so far. Im 19 http://www.planet-tolkien.com/images/smileys/Baby_Gurl_Emoticon.gif



Nope, Octane is 18, and if that Snipewolf is still here under a different name, wasnt he 10 or something?

[Tuc]

21 and a half + tax..... I wish! :lol:

55 and lovin every minute of it. :cool:

[theduke]

Well it looks like I am in good company here . . . I am 45 years old and learning new things everyday.

Funny thing is, I recently tried on some of those cheapo reading glasses at the drug store the other day and boy, did it ever make a difference when reading the fine print-guess I will have to get my eyes checked . . . everything else is working okay.

The Tobi Keith song with the lyrics "You know, I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" seems to make a lot of sense to me now.

By the way Chef, I like your sense of humour. It gave me a chuckle!
by your age its normal usually ppl around there 40s need some sort of reading glasses im an optician got a store in calgary if u need anything let me know

[209x50]

Hmmm....must be a 45 thing....same for me and I know 209x50 is coming to terms with is as well....lol

Oh well...at least sheep on distant mountains are still clear as a bell.

LIAR!! I dunt ned glasss ta cee thu cumpewtr. I kin c just fine!
:p

[sheephunter]

You jus keep beleebing that old man

[Rackmastr]

26 here.....

[Boss442]

I'll be 44 in March. I remember hunting with my G-father, Father and Uncles back in Manitoba at about the age of 7-8, mostly deer, rabbits and ducks!

[Outt and Aboutt]

43. My body is just starting to realize that it can't quite do what it could when I was 25, but my brain still keeps trying to make it. My kids can both outrun me, but I can still outsmart 'em (or so they let me believe).

Started hunting late, about mid-20's, when I met my father in law. He had 2 daughters who didn't hunt, so I was a shoe in for his blessings!!
'Been having a blast (pun intended).

D

[Austin]

I'm 41 and started hunting with my dad and his crew of buddies (now cronies) when I was 7 years old. I loved being pulled out of school in early November as a kid to be at deer camp for 10 days. In fact, I'm taking my oldest daughter who is turning 8 years old in December for her first deer & grouse hunt tomorrow. Should be a challenge and a blast at the same time. Wish us luck!:o

[BigBuck$]

31 and quit counting.

[Jamie]

Austin. Congrats on going with your Daughter.

A couple of things that I found really helped

-Assigned camp chores.. Willy had to make sure his sleeping area was clean, also took care of all garbage to the fire pit
-Figure out a card game that everyone can enjoy. In our case it was UNO.. Really that was a unexpected surprise. My wife packed it for him
- I took a sawed of BB gun for Will. That kid must have blasted off 200 rounds.
Great fun for him and I also took the chance to teach a lot of gun safety. He is well on his way to being safe. I made him treat it like a real gun and with the same respect we have for our rifles. In reality I guess that is what even a BB gun deserves.

Let me know if I can be of any help

Jamie

[Walleyes]

42 years... Been hunting since I can remember.. Started helping out in Dads guide camps at around 12 or 13... Took my first Whity and Moose at 14,, and the Moose is actually my biggest so far,,, out of man,,, I don't know how many lost track a while ago,,, must be the age..... But I plan on many more years (Lord willing)... I have so much yet to learn...

My late Father always use to say that at age 90 he would,, on his own,, call, shoot and dress his own Moose... Then He would hang up his birch bark and call it a season.... Unfortunately our maker had different plans for him and cancer took him at age 73... But the year before at age 72 he did call,, shoot and gut his last moose on his own.. But he had to come and get us to help him skin and pack it out and hang it... He was getting weak from treatments... So I will take up the call and say that that is my goal... We'll see I guess..

[Mintaka]

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[mud slug]

37 been hunting and fishing all my life took my first deer off a old pull type combine when i was 14 in southern sask came to alberta when i was 16 ALL the trees got my first alta whitetail the next season got my first moose at 20 still looking for my first elk someday soon i hope:cool:

[getasheep]

27 and still in school! ha ha, the longer I stay the younger I'll remain.

Shot my first deer at 14 (doe), hunting since 12 and every year I fall more and more in love with it.

[kodeman]

HIT THE BIG 40 this year, feeling a little depressed but it's nothing a monster muley this November couldn't cure.

[Elk Bugler]

I am 36 and shot my first big game animal , a mountain goat when I was 12 but I started tagging along with my dad as soon as I could walk.

[heybert]

People always say I'm in my late 20's...........I always tell them to add another ten. Born in '69 so that makes me 38. Killed my 1st bird @ 4 with a slingshot, then moved on to rats. Got my 1st big game, a small blacktail, when I was 15.

[Poacher Boy]

Im 19 and have been an avid outdoorsmen sense i was in diapers

[elko_blues]

21 started hunting 4 years ago and haven't looked back, hunting something every month of the year!

[crestliner192]

i turned 30 in Aug, i wish i was 18 again.

[Roughneck71]

29, 30 in january. been hunting with dad and my uncles sinse i was 5! still love it even though dad is in nova scotia.

[Sitting Bull]

46. Been hunting since the age of 18.
2 years ago I found out that I am severely allergic to deer.I have to take meds and inhaler as well I have to carry an epi pen just in case.It is a good thing that I have the best friends anyone could ask for.They have no problem with me shooting and they will do the rest.That part bothers me.This year I will find out if I react to moose since I have a tag.Hopefully it will not be an issue...

Good luck to all

[catnthehat]

For me, that is through progressive bifocals which still allow me to hunt using iron sights.

tried those progressive thingys just once - I was on the tools at the time, and let me tell ya, it is NOT a good feeling treying to get used to those things whhen you're walking the iron about 100' up!
Went back to the standard style bifocals, they are a lot better...
Cat

[Ticdoc]

67. Fading hearing, fading vision, but was in treestand today......making it a great life. Hunted with dad and grandpa, along with twin brother. Have only hunted with bow last few years. Animals appear safe!
Love this forum. Great people. Oh yes, heard a bull moose tonight, but he was with a cow....and would not cooperate.

[killerbren]

21

[bagwan]

65 plus meaning almost 66. Hunting, shooting very young. Grew up shooting beaver and muskrats and got a swift kick in the posterior if shells were wasted. First deer around 11 or 12, so long ago i can't remember. Sure chuckled when i read the post on the 80's. Should have one on the 50's. I'm certainly glad to see theres other guys on here my age. PS. Believe it or not muskrats brought up to 4-5 bucks for good ones back then and that was survival money on the farm in those days as we'd get 4 or 5 hundred in a good year trapping and shooting.

[desiel]

39 at work but like most 20 in the bush while hunting.

desiel

[altaberg]

I think I've been 40 for several years now.
Can't count that high. :wave:

[Duk Dog]

Closing the gap on 35, but the best part it falls in November and is usually during the week I book off to chase whitetails. Not a bad way to spend a birthday.....maybe this is the year of the big WT for me. :)

[Rackmastr]

Closing the gap on 35, but the best part it falls in November and is usually during the week I book off to chase whitetails. Not a bad way to spend a birthday.....maybe this is the year of the big WT for me. :)

Uh oh....you didnt warn me about that.....better bring an extra bottle along for your b-day celebration.....and we need something to celebrate a couple of big monster bucks on the ground.....:)

[Fordman]

45 and still going. Got my first .177 at 6, and my first ruffy at 7 still chasing the deer family every year. 11 days and counting to our annual goood luck to everybody else. May your arrows fly true and your rifle never misfire. Fordman

[Duk Dog]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Duk Dog
Closing the gap on 35, but the best part it falls in November and is usually during the week I book off to chase whitetails. Not a bad way to spend a birthday.....maybe this is the year of the big WT for me.

Uh oh....you didnt warn me about that.....better bring an extra bottle along for your b-day celebration.....and we need something to celebrate a couple of big monster bucks on the ground.....

Yea if nothing else it is an excuse to tip back a rye & coke in the evening after a full day of hunting. It would taste all that much better to be able to celebrate with a couple of big bucks on the ground.

[troutfly]

Quit counting at 21, but my wife tells me I'm 46.

[TreeGuy]

I am well into the celebration of the 5th anniversary of my 29th bday!:lol: Still going weakly!:D

Tree (when you think about it, tree's live for centuries....I could be around here annoying members forever...:evilgrin: )

[TreeGuy]

Crap!! Just discovered a bad infestation of spider mites....death is immenent!:evilgrin:

Tree

[John Spartan]

tried those progressive thingys just once - I was on the tools at the time, and let me tell ya, it is NOT a good feeling treying to get used to those things whhen you're walking the iron about 100' up!
Went back to the standard style bifocals, they are a lot better...
Cat

Cat, I'm fortunate that I have a good optometrist that made sure the prescription fit me perfectly. He told me that on average about 30-40% of bifocal prescriptions aren't properly fitted to the patient, so if they didn't fit, that's likely why.

[catnthehat]

Cat, I'm fortunate that I have a good optometrist that made sure the prescription fit me perfectly. He told me that on average about 30-40% of bifocal prescriptions aren't properly fitted to the patient, so if they didn't fit, that's likely why.
I dunno, I prefer the standard things, I got a veery small lower lense so most of my vision is easier to adjust to.
Most of the guys i work with use thee same system.
I just couldn't get used to them.
Cat

[WCTHEMI]

I'll hit the big 30 this January, took a few years off hunting and fishing to party, now wondering why I did it, never should have stopped.

[BobM]

59 been fishing as long as I can remember, got away from hunting for 20 odd years due to business, but have retired this summer and am back Deer hunting and Moose hunting. Nothing better than the outdoors

[209x50]

You jus keep beleebing that old man

Hey Sheep I got the computer thing licked. I got a wireless key board and mouse! All I do is sit 14 feet away from the monitor and no probs. Now I just need to find some Ronco Hair in a Can and wallah! I'm 29 again.

[MJackson]

26, never hunted but want to start ...

love fishing ..

Jackson

[Hatfisher]

24 and holding:wave:

[turnandburn]

25 in december

[CNP]

I'm 52 so that would make me another Geezer55. Wife has been calling me a geezer lately.....don't really know her definition of geezer but it has something to do with my insistance on keeping my hair a tad short (not stylish enough for her maybe?). Almost as fit as when I was 25 lol...

[Rugersingle]

48... Started hunting at 12, was tagging along as soon as I could handle rubber boots and the length of the old mans strides.
Starting to realise that a little nap in the grass on a sunny fall day IS part of hunting.

[bruceba]

50 and still kicking.

[bobalong]

I'm 51 starting fishing when I was about 6 and hunting about 12. Gimpy leg has me fishing much more than hunting now.

[lilsundance]

almost 50. The wife says I'm still 20 though. lol When it comes to hunting.

[BloodHound70]

Crap!! Just discovered a bad infestation of spider mites....death is immenent!:evilgrin:

Tree

Tree if you could stay away from the "Rub and Tugs" you wouldn't get 'spider mites':lol: :lol: :lol:

37 here. Caught my first fish at 4, and my Dad took me hunting with him from as far back as I can remember. To bad he passed away before I took my first WTD at 16 (I'm sure he was there with me though:) ). Took down my first moose at 20 and got my prize posession 6 point elk only 2 years ago. I couldn't imagine not being outdoors.

BH

[7 REM MAG]

Im 18 and started big game hunting in grade 3 with my dad, i have been tagging along on brb hunts since before i can remember, i have to date 2 wt and 1 mulie over 160 along with a wicked africa trip under my belt

[Little Red Man]

.....Good question....I, like Jamie, require reminding from my wife. I think I am farty three, goin on farty four...then again...maybe farty two goin on farty three......

[Donny Bear]

Pharty five (45) The boy took his first Buck at 14 last fall big day for his dad
racked up 3 animals in 3 shots his first season beat the heck out of my rookie season :lol:

[Rudy198]

32 moved up here form Manitoba,love hunting just can't do alot

[-NDN-]

32 moved up here form Manitoba,love hunting just can't do alot

how so? (((cant do alot)))

[Bushwacker]

I turned 42 in August, but I still feel like I'm 32.


Bushwacker

[GrandSlam]

Close to 1yr shy of farty :scared:

[Arctic800]

29

[Rudy198]

how so? (((cant do alot)))

Just can't get out alot ,because i go fishing alot more and i don't know alot of ppl up here so i really don't kow where to start,except by Whitecourt i went up there last year.Plus i'm on EI because i'm in school and that really hurts the pocket book driving to a spot 2-2.5hr 1 way byself with a truck

[BigRackLover]

32

[1ST TIME HUNTER]

Im New To Hunting I Was Just Woundering Where A Good Spot Near Or Around Edmonton To Go

[Kanonfodder]

Tree if you could stay away from the "Rub and Tugs" you wouldn't get 'spider mites':lol: :lol: :lol:

37 here. Caught my first fish at 4, and my Dad took me hunting with him from as far back as I can remember. To bad he passed away before I took my first WTD at 16 (I'm sure he was there with me though:) ). Took down my first moose at 20 and got my prize posession 6 point elk only 2 years ago. I couldn't imagine not being outdoors.

BH


I am EXACTLY 2 yrs smarter than Blood, and I have no doubt I will remind him of that fact everyday on our Elk hunt......:wave:

[Dunezilla]

I am as old as my tounge and a little older than my teeth.

[russ]

old enough to know that I shouldn't answer this question on the internet :D too many prying eyes.

[guidehunt]

47 and getting younger every day .

[Map Maker]

36, I find every year I lose a notch of that youthful strength, I gain a notch in determination. Which exceeds strength easily so far.

Ive been hunting and fishing before I can remember, as the story goes, my parents were on a hunting trip for their honeymoon.....

[Browning]

18 still young enough to shoot stuff to far from the truck

[Prdtrgttr]

38

[Islander]

Just turned 24, but seems like just last year i was in high school. Started hunting birds and squirrels on my own at 6, got my first buck (Blacktail spike) on my parents acreage on Van. Isle at 12, and been going at it ever since. I'm the only hunter in the family, Dad just likes his guns. Passing it on to the stepson though, he'll be 11 soon and watches my hunting vids more than I do. Got his first few hundred kills this summer (gophers).Iit was our first summer in Alberta and we don't have gophers on the Island. He has been with me on lots of Island bear hunts, and quite a few outings so far this fall.

[gazin16]

Turned 29 myself.

[El Cazador]

Whats Up LIL' Bro I see you''ve managed a grand slam thread for everyone out there Duke's always been nosey. Any how I'm 26 been hunting birds since I was 9 and been slammin em' ever since.

[bearbuster]

29 for another 2 weeks.Huning since 16. First b-day in 10 years not spent in hunting camp.

[thumper]

52 - and I was what you call a "late bloomer' - didn't start hunting until I was in my twenties.

[Bushmaster]

54....been hunting and fishing ever since......

[ram crazy]

38

[bushlover]

Turn 39 next month. Took my first whitetail buck in Saskatchewan when I was 14. Don't plan on ever stopping. Now it's my turn to take my son out.

[boomstick]

a little snow on the roof but lots of fire in the in the 51 yr. old burner. been doin it since i was 9 with a double 410. run bunnies run !!!

[qbochar]

I am 38 and have been going hunting with my dad since I was three, way back in '72.

[Grampa Jim]

Im 59 and now hunting with my sons and my grandson (6 yrs old ) and got to tell ya ive never had this much fun in a long time .I hope its lasts for a long time to come..........................................gram pa jim

[wollybugger]

44 but dont feel old yet (thats all that maters right)

[BrianWiley]

18 with 20 years experience, I wish I was 18 again.Cheers to all of ya because you are all hunters of some sort .
I had the honour of getting a 12 year (young man ) his first rifle ,and being able to start the training process with his dad and this young fella ahs been and will be a blast .I'm hoping he will keep us both young and hunting now has a new twist to it for the older fellas ,Can't wait for the first shot at a deer .
Brian Wiley

[Brady]

I think I am 32...........hmmmm yup. Been hunting as long as I can remember. Remember grampa letting me shoot his 'ol 308 when I was 8. Dman that hurt. (recoil pad made of steel) :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[flipper62]

44