I got a relatively late start to big game hunting. In 1972 I graduated from college, moved to Saranac Lake, and Tom Cantwell, family patriarch, suggested (no, more like demanded) I get my hunting license. Dutifully, I went to the Fish & Game Club, got my hunter safety certificate, sighted in my dad’s ancient Winchester Model 1894, and before I knew it, I was hunting. I knew nothing about hunting and probably spent more time wondering where I was than knowing where I was.
Everyone plays a leadership role at one time or another. Don’t think you don’t. We do it in numerous ways. If you’re a parent, a boss, a teacher, a coach, or do anything to help a group get something accomplished, you are a leader. However, you have a better chance of being a successful leader if you realize it and try to be the best leader you can. But you can only learn so much about leadership in the classroom. You need to get out and work with a team of people to really l