In my world I remember opening day gatherings with several different groups of friends we'd meet at a cabin or someones house and feast and have a good time before heading out for the afternoon, wives and girlfriends would all meet there at lunch time and bring different foods on the first day of the season it was amazing...... Archery I was in groups and we would travel to shoots all around the country, hunting together out of state just having a good time even fishing groups with grills going out on the beach it was good times.
its all gone, non of these people hunt or fish any more no more bringing out their kids, no more 3D shoots or shooting at the range, even bird hunting, stump shooting, shed hunting while scouting. out of my original group of 16 guys nobody bothers anymore and I wonder if it is because the kids and the phones or video games and the kids dont want to go anymore? so dad can't go off on his own thinking of him self he has to be a dad and change with the times and adjust to what the kids want to do....
I never thought I'd say this but I almost try to invite people to my deer spots that I kept secret for so long JUST to see someone else out in the woods.. seeing my old hunting buddy's stands still out there just abandoned and rotting away, same as their guns and bows even fishing boats and quads just rotting away.
its not a WV thing its nation wide!!!!