Did any of you guys go directly into big game hunting as opposed to small game hunting first?

[mi650]

I started deer hunting at 14 for a couple years, then took several years off for a variety of reasons. Picked it back up at 23, never hunted any kinds of small game until I was 25 or 26.


I read an article once called "Basic Training on Bushytails". It made sense, basic premise was that if you can sit still enough to pick off squirrels with a .22, you can sit still enough for deer.

 

[Cameron.25]

I started with big game and have stuck to that so far. No small game or birds for me, except one turkey and a couple grouse i came across elk hunting

 

[MDR]

Grouse were my gateway drug.