So, you want to hunt?

Now's about the time to get to the meat of this all. We NEED to get other people hunting, and at the very least, we need to get more participants in fishing. Why? For starters, we are raising a generation who are unaware of the natural world around them. minds occupied only by technology and heading towards a society that is incapable of experiencing the natural world.
It shouldn't be this way - and it doesn't have to be. First off, I would like to extend an invitation to take anyone hunting that has done their proper learning and gotten their licenses - I will take you hunting in a safe way, I will teach you any tricks I can, and I will show you what I love about getting out in the woods, marsh or prairie.
All I ask is that you bring a license, a desire to learn, and a willingness to work. If you're over 18, you have a lot of resources available to you to learn to hunt - all in the comfort of your own home. Each state is different for requirements, but it is safe to say if you're under the age of 35 you will likely need some hunter education. I haven't checked on every state, but huntinfo looks a good place to start if you're not familiar with your state's governing agencies.
There is so much to be learned afield - values that are scarce in much of our world: patience, honor, hard work and more. This is not a lament on the state of our society but a call to reclaim what gives us pride. To know that we are a part of this world, more than just a parasite. If nothing else, it is a call to return to something I think is well summed up by Robert Service in the poem "The Call of the Wild":

They have cradled you in custom,
They have primed you with their preaching,
They have soaked you in convention
Through and through;
They have put you in a showcase;
You're a credit to their teaching —
But can't you hear the Wild?
— It's calling you.
Let us probe the silent places,
Let us seek what luck betide us;
Let us journey to a lonely land I know.
There's a whisper on the night-wind,
There's a star agleam to guide us,
And the Wild is calling,
Calling . . . let us go.

It starts with you wanting to see more, to do more. I'm more than willing to take people into the woods, wetlands and prairies. The future relies on conservationists and sportsmen.