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I ask this, as I'm 35 and having lived in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, three states where hunting would seem to be an activity to do, I have found VERY few people who hunt under the age of 40. Is it not that popular for people under the age of 40 these days? Any of you under the age of 40 who hunt?
I'm 40+ and I hunt, although rare because as an urbanite it's quite expensive. I was raised in a rural area, though, with access to lots of hunting land. Venison, rabbit, and squirrel was our primary source of meat during a few lean years in the early 80's. Keeping a hunting rifle in my vehicle at school was a standard thing that just can't happen these days. I'm afraid my son's just won't develop into hunters because it's so hard to take them.
I ask this, as I'm 35 and having lived in Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota, three states where hunting would seem to be an activity to do, I have found VERY few people who hunt under the age of 40. Is it not that popular for people under the age of 40 these days? Any of you under the age of 40 who hunt?
I am 53 and hunt, both of my daughters ages 16 and 19 both hunt as well.
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I grew up subsistance hunting as a teenager. But haven't hunted in probably 35 years.
I was thinking of moving to Montana so I could shoot a moose without having to get off the sofa. Just open the front door, rest a bipod on the foot of the recliner and blast away.
My hunting friends at the gun club are all late 50's to 70's.
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My first firearm was a Winchester MDL 74, semiautomatic .22 Cal rifle that I got at the age of 9 in 1941. I hunted rabbits, squirrel, dove with that gun all through WWII........the game taken was an important part of our menu and my mom was a great cook. At age 11, I acquired a used LeFever 12ga sidexside, which enabled me to supplement the game taken with the rifle.......grouse, pheasants, ducks and geese were frequently on the menu.
I still use the .22 rifle and the LeFever (and as you probably suspected I have added several other firearms to the original two.).... I started my big game hunting with white tail deer at age 17, and over these many years have added antelope, black bear, elk, moose, muledeer, caribou, Kodiak bear and wolf.
I still actively hunt and this coming fall season will be my 75th year taking some form of game animal and/or game bird (this fall I will hopefully get my annual whitetail deer within sight of my house with my .243 handload -- 100gr Nosler partition over 43.5grs of 4350.
I'll keep on doing this as long as I can.......
Reading these posts it does seem that it's not as popular among those under 40. I wonder why that is.
It's not as easy as it once was and less and less people are growing up in a lifestyle where hunting is normal. (More people now live in suburbs and cities than ever before, and it's continuing trend)
Anyways OP, I am working on getting the permits and all for hunting.. I don't have land and public land hunting doesn't always work out, but worth a try. (Not alcohol age yet)
I should add, hunting seems to be increasingly something people do for fun/as a hobby over being something people do for food.
It also takes time to hunt, sitting out in the field being still from sun up to sun down takes a lot of dedication, and time which many young people in their 20s and 30s do not have.(but can play videogames??)
My husband and I hunt, we are in our late twenties, and mid thirties. It is very expensive to hunt; yes, you can do it cheaply, but it is not easy. If I think about how much my husband and I have spent on hunting in the last couple of years, we could probably buy a mansion. Also the reason hunting doesn't appeal to the younger generation is because it takes a lot of time and I have noticed a lot of people in my generation do not want to sit and hunt for hours, they get bored, most people want constant stimulation since the age of cell phones. Both my husband and I grew up hunting. I hope my children one day also gets into hunting and trapping, eating wild venison,bear,pork ect. is better than any meat you will buy, it needs to be passed down from generation to generation so the skill is never lost.
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