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I'd say that I am a psuedo-1st Generation Hunter.

My mom and dad hunted as youngsters, when living on the farm, or living out in the sticks was the way that many families supplemented their groceries. My father lived on a farm in Gaines County, and they shot varmints, and Sandhill cranes for the Menonites and farm hands. Otherwise, there was not any real hunting. My mother grew up in various areas of the US, and learned to shoot things, but mostly varmints as well. Growing up, my uncle started hunting when he met his wife. He attempted to get me into hunting but my mother was very much anti-guns and against letting me leave under his supervision to the hunting lease; I could go anywhere in town with him, but never to the lease.

Now, my uncle passed away some 10 years ago, and I not once was able to hunt with him prior to his death. As of last year, was the first time I was actually out "hunting" for animals, and this past March was the first time I ever shot and killed another animal for sport (raccoon) and last month I shot my first feral hog. I've been fortunate to be friends with people who enjoy teaching others the trade and the tradition. I have been very much pro 2nd Amendment and understanding of the rights that we have been given to be able to go and supplement our food supplies with the abundance of wildlife that God has blessed us with.

I too disagree with the requirement of the state acquiring/verifying our SSN to be able to have a "permit" to hunt. It should be simply "show you license or CHL" or put that in to the system (if you do it online) to have access to legally hunting game animals. Those things have SSNs already input to the system.

So, in conclusion, I consider myself to be a 1st generation hunter. I've learned from the guys on here, Flintknapper is a huge resource in feral hogs, which he's provided on several forums (most notably thehighroad.org's thread on feral hog control). There are others on this forum that have provided a wealth of knowledge including calibers, ballistics, and effective ranges that have been a huge resource in my endeavors of hopefully bagging my first whitetail deer this fall.

My daughter already shows some interest in Mom's .22 Marlin 60... and the wife hopes to bag her first doe this winter as well.

Good luck in your trek as well OP. Annoyed Man, if I could find a place to hunt some pigs closer to you, I'd invite you in a heartbeat. God bless guys.

Brandon