I was exposed to hunting pretty early 7-8 years old. I was the designated game bearer during a rabbit hunt attended by my father and brother. I got enough of that pretty quick! Later on one of my school chums and I got permission to hunt on a few small farms in the area and we discovered quail hunting. No dogs involved just a lot of walking and not much shooting with our bolt action shotguns.I had an insatiable desire for reading anything pertaining to hunting, fishing, guns etc. One summer the book mobile came to our neighhood and I discovered Robert Ruark's USE ENOUGH GUN. That was all I needed!! I still credit that book for my love of heavy rifles. During high school I hunted and fished little, too many other distractions. After getting married at the ripe old age of 19 I started to fish with my new father-in-law and started hunting again, mostly small game. It was a few years later I met a fellow at work that was a certified dyed in the wool gun nut. He convinced me to join a local gun club and it was all down hill from there! We shot high power competition, small bore matches,blackpowder and Schutzen matches.We spent many hours at the range. The only shotgun shooting I did was hunting until a friend invited me to shoot some skeet with him...I was hooked.We started shooting on weekends and on Wednesday night. We have lighted trap & skeet fields and we would shoot till late night or until we ran out of shells. I love to hunt and all that goes with it, But I really love to shoot.....a lot!!!! I am fortunate that I have made a lot of friends with an equal desire for hunting,shooting and guns.
Best,
Ken
Last edited by Ken Nelson; 03/27/07 11:04 PM.
