I didn’t start hunting with my father until I was a teenager because my mother was upset about me getting damaged in the process.
I had to take a hunter’s safety course after completing a basic gun safety course ahead of time.
In all honesty, I just wanted to spend time with my father and was largely ambivalent about the hunting portion of the experience. On top of that, I remember how cold I felt after sitting in a tree stand for several minutes, even if every one of us were bundled up in several layers of clothing. After several or many minutes it tends to get harshly chilly when temperatures are below freezing. Because of the region every one of us came from, it got down below zero degrees for several weeks at a time. Occasionally every one of us had temperatures that were in the downside double digits. I have considered taking up hunting again just to experience being in nature for minutes at a time, even if I don’t intend on using my firearm. However, I would need a hunting lodge of some kind in an section with nearby public land available for hunting. Or I could find a hunting lodge with a plot of land surrounding it that features woodlands. It’s important that the hunting lodge has a good gas furnace, be it simply a wood stove or a supplemental gas furnace on top of a wood stove. I need a arena to sizzling my chilly body after I come back from my trips in the woods out hunting. However, I do not necessarily need an air conditioner because I wouldn’t use the lodge much while in that season. As long as I have a window air conditioner I can use occasionally, that should be fine.