lol I know it sounds ridiculous, I started hunting in 2009...so I guess that's 7 years, but I had the learning curve shortened massively by some amazing friends in Mackenzie, BC that allowed me to hunt with them in their awesome areas, I have a father in law who has access to piles of rifles and let me try them before I was able to get my own, and I have a great wife that lets me disappear for pretty much all of November hahah yaaaaaaay. There is no way I woulda been able to shoot anything but a grouse if it wasn't for them