I just got re-introduced to hunting, and started in archery about 10 years ago. I started watching shows on the outdoor channel and watched Ted Nugent's show. He was the one who introduced me to Fred Bear. Since then, I have tried to learn about and from all of these legendary pioneers.
It's a shame that people don't do that more often. There's so much more to learn about the outdoors than what they put on most of those shows.
I talk to people (hunters and not-yet-hunters) all the time and do my best to teach them what I also didn't know, until recently.
That's one of the things I love most about the Trad community. The wealth of REAL knowledge to be had, and so many with not only the GIFT to skillfully share that info, but the WILLINGNESS and even an EAGERNESS (not sure if that's really a word, LOL) to pass on that knowledge to others.
So good for you,
Sean B, and all of the rest of you
who try to teach those of us who had not always had the opportunity to learn about those people that we SHOULD be learning from.