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

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I was probably discounting my friends/neighbors who do hunt. They are super passionate and have mounted deer, elk and other type of game + some from week long trips across the US. When the topic comes up at house parties/ soccer they really get into ballistics, game reports, and technical stuff that makes me feel aloof.

I'm in Montgomery County, TX and it seems like all of our friends & connections are seasoned and super experienced from their upbringing.

Hunting seems exciting and a great time so I was looking to learn and make an effort to do it the right way and hunt the right way in terms of "respect" if that makes sense to the seasoned people here...not be a jackass or looking like some idiot at a camp.

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If that’s the case, I guarantee 100% that if you told them your story, and that you were embarrassed to ask them because you think you’re a beginner, they’d be fighting each other about who gets to take you hunting first.