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Five Stages of a Hunter. What stage are you in?
Shooter Stage
This hunter thinks good hunting means a lot of shooting. Beginning hunters tell of the chances they had to shoot. Missing game is not as important as pulling the trigger. Shooter stage hunters should be concerned about safety and proper use of hunting equipment.
Limiting Out Stage
These hunters still talk about enjoying shooting. More important to them is the number of birds or game animals shot. Limiting out is the hunter's goal. This desire should not crowd out safety or responsibile hunting methods.
Trophy Stage
These hunters try to shoot only certain game. They look for special animals and may travel far to find their trophy. Shooting is less important at this stage.
Method Stage
In this stage, hunting has become very important to the hunters. They still want to take game, even limit out, but more important to them is how it is done. These hunters study the habits of their game. They choose special equipment such as bow and arrow or black powder. Equipment use and the best hunting skills are indicators of the method stage.
Sportsman Stage
After years of hunting, these hunters enjoy being with friends in the outdoors more than taking game. They enjoy the total hunting experience including honing their hunting skills, training dogs, studying animal habits and purchasing equipment.
This question may have been asked about before and if so I apoligize for the duplicate. I would suspect that some hunters could fall into more than one stage but for this survey I am asking you to choose just one stage. Feel free to post you opinions.
Information for this survey was taken from the Pennsylvania Hunter-Trapper Education Manual.
Shooter Stage
This hunter thinks good hunting means a lot of shooting. Beginning hunters tell of the chances they had to shoot. Missing game is not as important as pulling the trigger. Shooter stage hunters should be concerned about safety and proper use of hunting equipment.
Limiting Out Stage
These hunters still talk about enjoying shooting. More important to them is the number of birds or game animals shot. Limiting out is the hunter's goal. This desire should not crowd out safety or responsibile hunting methods.
Trophy Stage
These hunters try to shoot only certain game. They look for special animals and may travel far to find their trophy. Shooting is less important at this stage.
Method Stage
In this stage, hunting has become very important to the hunters. They still want to take game, even limit out, but more important to them is how it is done. These hunters study the habits of their game. They choose special equipment such as bow and arrow or black powder. Equipment use and the best hunting skills are indicators of the method stage.
Sportsman Stage
After years of hunting, these hunters enjoy being with friends in the outdoors more than taking game. They enjoy the total hunting experience including honing their hunting skills, training dogs, studying animal habits and purchasing equipment.
This question may have been asked about before and if so I apoligize for the duplicate. I would suspect that some hunters could fall into more than one stage but for this survey I am asking you to choose just one stage. Feel free to post you opinions.
Information for this survey was taken from the Pennsylvania Hunter-Trapper Education Manual.