
They are lessons learned through time and experience. Whether it's understanding the purpose of a peep sight, making sense of the difference between a rub and a scrape or simply learning more about where and how to choose the locations for a treestand, the skills needed to be an effective hunter aren't something we're born with.

He's certainly learned a lot since that time but there is still a lot he simply has not yet experienced. He started hunting with me when he was five and got his first deer license when he was seven. Whenever I need a little reminder of what it was like when all things were new, I need to do nothing more than hang out with my son in the woods for a bit. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that it wasn't so long ago that I had no idea what a trail camera was.
