re: Embarrassed about this, but can you start hunting later in life?

Start with something easy like going on a big dove hunt with lots of people.

Ask friends who hunt if you can join them and simply watch and learn.

Watch the outdoor channel. Read hunting magazines.

The intricacies of deer hunting or turkey hunting would be hardest to learn however if you can gain access to deer land with food plots you can just sit in a stand and wait on one to walk out.

Dove hunting requires no skill except drink beer and shoot when they fly over.

Duck hunting would be fun too if you have friends who do it. You’d have to be the one that only shoots, don’t try to call and don’t set up the decoys. You can learn by being there and watching