I grew up with a father who enjoyed hunting, shooting skeet and sporting clays. I did a little deer, boar and bird hunting but didn't enjoy it. Sporting clays on the other hand is a blast! It's like golf with guns.
I've used a number of shotguns @ 4-10, 20, and 12 gauge. I've used a number of rifles but I'm not very knowledgeable regarding rifle gauges with the exception of .22's.
When it comes to pistols I've had a lot of fun. My father and I hit up a pistol range wtih a .44 cal magnum blackhawk revolver and a 50 cal desert eagle. BFG's if you don't know your pistols. If you've ever been to a pistol range you know that most people there are shooting little .22' pea shooters. Our pistols sounded like cannons and we got a lot of odd looks. My dog died that day, but that's another story.
Guns get a bad rep because of the jackasses that use them the way that dudes in spoiler-clad honda civics use their cars. Guns can be a lot of fun, and gun accuracy and contorl can be challenging and rewarding skills to learn... all without ever killing anything or putting yourself or others in danger. Gun safety should be hammered into anyone who even *might* come in contact with a gun.
I also spent a fair amount of time trying to learn on a compound bow, but despite the hours and hours I put into that hobby I was never very good at it. Good times though.
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