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good morning good evening good night
wherever you are wherever you are in the
day how about having long for talk to
Talk Tuesday this one's gonna be pretty
cool it's gonna be actually a two-parter
so is gonna be talking about Tuesday and
it's gonna be a talk talk Wednesday
reason being is because YouTube's kind
of funny with these things as soon as
you involve one of these things in there
pew pew they like to put ads away from
you and all this other junk you guys
know how it goes and some of you guys
probably won't be interested in the
first part which is how to get hunting
or how to get started hunting as an
adult like I did it's intimidating
it's tough some of you guys may just
want to go to the pew pew stuff which is
going to be the fun part of hunting so
you may want to skip to the Wednesday
talky-talk video that's gonna be fun my
brother's gonna come out and I teach him
how to use guns he's never used one
before and give you a first-hand
perspective on what it's like to shoot
them he's not a hunter he's not a Fisher
yeah and then on Fridays video he's
actually to show me how to use a
chainsaw so we're gonna swap some
knowledge and some expertise this is all
about learning it's all about developing
yourself as a person collecting more
skills as you go all you gots time and
if you don't use that time to increase
the amount of skill levels that you have
you don't advance in the game of life
and I'm all about advanced in the game
of life that's what it's all about so
you want to start hunting right some of
you guys have asked me to do this video
for a really really long time some of
you may already be hunting so if you are
then lend your expertise to the people
down in the comments who are kind of
thinking about it they're not sure maybe
they're hesitant maybe they feel are
gonna get backlash there's gonna be anti
hunters bothering them you know maybe
they want to learn about local laws
where they live so they might have some
questions about that so I would
encourage you guys expert hunters down
below leave your expertise let me know
how you guys got started and tell me or
tell the viewers you know share with me
to some of the may be the skills that
you've learned along the way some of the
difficulties you've found the hardest
part of getting started I'm gonna show
you mine I want you guys to share yours
so I didn't actually start hunting till
I was
sixteen really on my own I hunted a
little bit with my dad growing up he was
not a big hunter at all
my grandfather was apparently a big
hunter but I never hunted with him
probably was too old to teach me how to
do it at the time you know the right you
know I get that like gap because you
have to be a certain age start hunting
every area is different you need to look
into your local laws here I think you
can start at don't quote me on about I
think it's 12 as an apprentice 12 13 14
as an apprentice I forget the range but
you can get started a little bit early
on your own at 16 I know that for a fact
because that's when I went out and got
it and did it on my own completely my
parents were support were separated at
the time so it was basically on my
shoulders so what I want to do is I
wanted to go grow something that's what
my dad took me I don't think we ever
shot anything funnily enough he took me
out maybe three times for basically
walks in the woods try to shoot a grouse
he let me shoot the gun once and you
know we never found anything my dad is a
story where he went out snaring with his
dad and then there was a story about a
rabbit getting in a snare and it squeals
that's probably a really bad way to
start in hunting with snaring because if
you end up with a live animal well
probably if you had a hunting gun with
you you could dispatch it and then save
yourself all that my son actually went
through the same thing so hey but this
is a story I learned after the fact from
my dad he didn't share that story with
me if that turns you off hunting as a
child because you're not ready for it
that's one thing historically if kids
hunted I don't know I mean that's
something to look into way back when
prehistoric times if people went out
hunting with the tribe they probably had
to go through certain steps and be ready
for emotionally because it is an
emotional journey that's one thing you
should be prepared for so the first
thing is find out what age you need to
be if you're a kid out there watching
next thing is to find out what courses
you need to qualify for and pass before
you're allowed to go hunting in Canada
here we have a hunter safety course
that's a one-week course and then we
have a gun safety course I would advise
you take them all both at the same time
because otherwise you're gonna do in a
two-step
I did a two-step because I never
intended to hunt with a gun when I
started I always wanted to do just bow
and that's basically how I started with
Jeremy actually incidentally one wild
crafter he took me out we went out we
both got into it a little bit and after
a while we kind of did stop doing it and
that's kind of how things go so I
started off with small gleam game
hunting back when I was 16 I did how fun
walked around with a bow for days on end
just to get that one opportunity for
that one grouse that would just sit long
enough for you to get a shot off I end
up with Inc to over two years and I
hunted a lot you guys know how obsessed
I can get with things and how driven I
can be when I have it set a goal for
myself and then I kind of let go of it
because I went to school after that and
so hey there wasn't much to do there's
no small game or very little small game
stuff for squirrels around here by now
the land no it's busy
etc so then I decided I just wanted to
get a deer that was a big thing there's
a lot of deer around here well it used
to be a lot of deer now that's just
about his challenges but it started the
first time I didn't know what I was
doing and either land you need land when
you need to hunt it so you have to
figure out if you're gonna have any land
that's accessible to you thankfully
there's a lot of state land in the u.s.
public land so you guys call it here we
call it Crown land that's up north but
around here it's all private land it's
all owned completely locked up there's a
few small parcels where you can do some
crown land hunting in the south of
Ontario but north it's all Crown land
which is good so you can do deer bear
some turkey up there more turkey here
etc there's different species available
to different people all over the country
so it'll be pretty silly for me to go
through it but to suggest you should
start off with small small game is the
way to go do not hesitate on going for
squirrels grouse small game
gross Crow is a good way to start
because there's so many of them and you
can set up in like two minutes
get your hunt over with waterfalls are
going but it's expensive because you
need decoys big game is something that's
going to take a lot of dedication but if
you have a lot of deer around where you
live that might be a good place to start
it's mostly sitting and waiting for
things to happen to get started with
deer as I started knocking on doors and
I set an objective for myself wise I
would hit on 20
240 doors in a day I would just pick a
spot on a map that was fairly reasonable
driving distance out of the city out of
the way not on the main highway a side
street dirt road or whatever and then
something that kind of looked promising
with enough woods woods is a limiting
factor around here it's a lot of
farmland see if you could find a good
woodlot there's gonna be deer on it to
some degree better than others a lot of
the land up here is tied up with hunters
already thankfully the landowners the
farmers do not charge us for access to
the land so they don't require a lease
that maybe it's something that you have
to look into so you may need to get in
with some other partners who can afford
a lease to get started so I set myself
up to hear a bunch of noes and I mean to
a lot of people you know knocking on the
doors randomly knocking on doors at
first I left notes in mailboxes but of
course nobody's gonna call you back to
just voluntarily give it to you got to
make the effort so sometimes you go in
and they say no right away and you say
well listen how would I come back in a
week or two and see if you've changed
your mind sometimes people are open
tonight so if you can feel note and they
seem kind of hesitant on giving you
permission give them some time come back
shows you're dedicated if you have
permission for another place maybe you
can provide references if they if they
feel like they are just kind of hesitant
it because they don't really know who
you are you could say I have a
long-standing track record that's what I
do now with other landowners you want to
talk to them everything's cool collect
more than one piece of property because
things change weekly daily sometimes but
yearly for sure
so you have to go back to your all the
places all your places you have access
to make sure you can stop in at least
once a year mention your intentions and
see if you still have permission because
you don't always have permission to my
Hut land year after year after year
land ownership changes kids get older
and they start hunting the land a cousin
might show up a friend a family friend
might decide they were gonna hunt there
so you never really know what will
happen from year to year if you have a
good relationship with a farmer keep it
provide them with a gift ask them if
they'd like to go out to eat ask them
what their favorite beverages of choice
drop that off every year you
have to spend a bunch of money but you
know it's kind of a thought that counts
some farmers like to get meat as a gift
so look into that not every farmer does
cattle farmers around here just like me
if I wanted a deer I'd hunt it myself I
don't have the time and I got lots of
cows I could eat and chickens and eggs
and everything I don't really like
venison that's the case around here
anyway so generally speaking the
landowners don't want meat in exchange
but if they do you got something that
you can ask and it's a nice gift most of
the time these farmers just don't have
the time to go out themselves to do it
and they also want people to manage
their lands so that's I mean they
already know that you don't have to say
that but you can be you know willing to
shoot pigeons in a barn or get rid of
nuisance raccoons that they may have
picking off some of their chickens etc
those are some of the other services you
can do but it's not a big pitch for a
lot of owners that I find anyway more
it's like the personal relationship that
you develop with them and you stop in
every year you share your life with them
you ask how they're doing you know you
shoot to shoot the poop so I have a good
relationship with a lot of farmers that
lasted for 20 years now back when I
first started I've still maintained
those properties because I've kept on a
good lines of communication with them
and I've respected their properties
that's a big thing leave the land better
than you found it if you possibly clean
or at least exactly the same close
fences you open a fence close it ask how
you should access the land where you
should park because some landowners use
the property in certain ways and they
don't want your vehicle to be in the way
if you see them is my car okay here yes
okay I'm just gonna go back I'm gonna
see if there's any deer around because
they don't know what's in season at what
time a lot of the times they just don't
so what are you after today I laughter
you know turkey turkeys in season though
I'm gonna shoot a crow or a squirrel let
them know because there's you know if
your bow hunting you're not going to
make a lot of noise but if your gun
hunting you are and if you're making a
big racket at the back forty they want
to know if you're just so shoot and
target or whatever so that's a good
thing to keep in mind as well so as I
got into hunting
a lot of time sitting in my tree stand
waiting for deer to come by and I know
there's some other people out there
probably seeing the same boat with boat
deer densities some of you guys are just
like what I first day I go I would I
shoot a deer and your beak on yourself
fortunate because for me it was a - I
think it was two full years I think I
got one idea on the second full year
December it's a three month season and I
was out a lot like every day because I
was obsessed with it so it's a lot of
learning about the habits of the animals
you're pursuing it every animal is
different which makes it fun because
every animal has different habits now
you're thinking probably squirrel
hunting is the easiest thing in the
world so I added too because you know
you're you're in the city or whatever
you're looking out your window there's a
squirrel running by on the wire there's
one in your backyard you know they're
all over the place well these are City
squirrels country squirrels are
different they understand that they're
hunted so you walk through the forest
and you make a lot of noise you don't
see any squirrels in fact I see no
squirrels here right now I had a red
squirrel chattering at me when I first
got here but I couldn't find it red
squirrels are you know not legal taunt
for me it's probably why they stand out
in the open and chatter at you the greys
and the black squirrels will duck around
the back side of a tree and you'll never
see them well we see a lot treestand
hunting for deer so it probably should
just squirrel hunt instead and just sit
in the tree stand wait for the squirrels
to come by so Jeremy came over here he
was surprised by how many squirrels we
have it's literally all the time but you
don't see them when you walk her out so
that was a big learning curve for me
because I spent a whole day walking on
him got to run into a squirrel
eventually it turns out it's better to
just sit in a wait save for deer there's
different tactics you'll want to look
into as far as how you want to hunt deer
maybe you want to use crossbow maybe you
want us I'll use a bowl maybe you want
to develop some slingshot skills and so
you're going to be looking at rabbits
maybe maybe if you're if you can find
some that will cooperate Cottontail yeah
and then squirrel scores a big one that
would work really well here and there's
some other animal species like grouse if
you go up north or some sometimes sit
wait if you've all far enough it's
always a cool skill to learn you can
learn crossbows really easy entry point
because it's kind of like aim pull
trigger it's they're super accurate
recommend an Excalibur crossbow it's a
Canadian made crossbow those bows
maintain their value they'll be worth
just about as much as we pay for them
and they are super durable and they're
super accurate and they and there's
hardly any adjustments you don't have
cams it's just a straight out ball
Canadian made company saw I can't
recommend that one enough as far as guns
we'll talk about those in the next video
with Kevin so after you get permission
and you start hunting you start learning
both animals that's pretty much the
biggest part aside from learning your
weapons and then developing your skills
around any animal so what you need to do
what I would really high limit I would
highly recommend you guys join a local
hunting forum so just google search it
that's a really good way to share
information with people they're not
going to give you hunting spots so don't
go there hey I'm looking to hunt can I
hunt your land so don't don't do that
people have limited places to hunt
already do not encroach on somebody
else's hunting spots don't if you start
hunting with a friend don't cut them out
of the picture
keep them welcome on the land too and
don't try to push other hunters around
because that just ends up in a big
conflict and that happens more chance
more times and I would like to admit
where people just their eMobile their in
their thought process and they just this
is their land
anybody encroaches on they get angry
you're gonna run into other hunters when
you're out there be polite with them ask
them questions lead with questions what
are you out here looking for you know
whose Lander you want presume that they
have the right to be there until you
find out that they don't if they're a
trespasser just be polite with them say
I'm hunting here maybe you want to pick
someplace else to go because I'm going
to be out here a lot I'm protecting the
land owners from trespassing so I'm an
advocate of the land and if you you know
what how many questions come and ask me
but this is where I hunt so don't get
pushed around out there either there are
some hunters who will tell you that you
don't belong there hunting land that you
already have rights to so know where the
property boundaries are
on the land that you're hunting it's
super important and know if somebody
else is on the land and if they're if
they are you know make sure that they
see you call out to them from a distance
don't sneak up on them you know make
sure you're visible because remember
they're probably carrying a weapon gun
safety is something that will be big on
your hunting course more so than
anything else like learning about habits
of animals is something that you're
gonna do on your own
but gun safety hunting safety is really
the main part of the course so you do
want to make sure that you're always
participating in gun safety so after I
got really good at hunting deer of
course that's you know it's one style
hunting you sit in the tree stand for a
long period of time you wait for an
animal to come by you only get a shot
opportunity that's deer hunting to me to
some other people who might do deer
drives that will be fun with guns and a
group of people you can use dogs to
chase deer this is all different styles
it never gets boring crow hunting is a
fun thing you'll need a crow collar you
can do it you can use a mouth crow
collar it's a pretty simple way they're
tricky you need full camel so look into
that for some of the big game and for
you know deer you probably want full
camel for turkey hundred percent you
need
well camel turkey is a whole other ball
of wax because you got to learn how to
call them so that's a big thing to see
there's lots of other YouTube channels
that cover calling and videos so you can
look into those I'm not going to teach
you how to call Turkey but it's really
fun to communicate with turkeys and to
bring them in and pretend that you're
you know a female and so you're in the
mating process and get call back to them
there's calls for deer too but you know
people will say that they're they're
effective in certain places certain
times you know you got them you got the
grunt tubes and all that stuff you'll
learn that as you go don't be afraid to
make any mistakes because really as far
as I am concerned animals kind of have a
long-term memory but they're also kind
of really stupid so you might hunt a
turkey one day and mess your turkey hunt
up but you can come back the next day
and everything kind of refreshes it's
like a it's a fresh start
a turkey forgets what happened the day
before and then it might be in a
different mood or it's fired ups gets
testosterone going it's looking to breed
and it's caution to the wind you know
the same as fishing
bass fishing the fish are on they're
biting they're aggressive and other days
so just can't figure them out for
anything so that's the real key is to
keep persistent with it not give up and
keep trying new things and never count
yourself out so I'll leave it there and
then we're gonna dump into the next
video that'll come out tomorrow Kevin
gonna shoot some of guns with me and
I'll see if you guys enjoy that part of
it so that's kind of the second part of
this talky-talk Tuesday video which will
come up tomorrow I'll talk to you then
