There's always something to be learned...
Stealz 10--I've been to heaven-knows-how many seminars, panel discussions, motivational speakers, conferences, and what-all. Teaching, coaching, Hunter Safety Instructing, soccer and football reffing, and sales, are types of things where the suits always think you need to be upgraded constantly, so they have you go to these things.
When I was a rookie I was disappointed that going to a week of meetings did not provide me with a whole new model after which to pattern my work. I happened to complain about this to an old experienced football/basketball coach, who had already been through the mill for many years. He suggested that I go to each meeting looking for just ONE new thing that would help my performance, and if I got more than one, think of it as a bonus.
That advice helped A LOT! If you're good at what you do, you don't need to be re-taught from the ground up how to do it, but these seminars (and I include here Hunter Safety training for experienced hunters) have to assume that you don't know much because some of the people don't. Like all the kids who are taking Hunter Safety so they can go hunting for the first time.
So I suggest you take the Hunter Safety training with a positive attitude, and look for that ONE thing at each meeting, that will make you a safer hunter. If you get more than one thing, well, there's your bonus. Besides, you get to spend several evenings in the company of several eager would-be hunters and their Dads--hey, that's gotta be good company! Also, you might make some contacts there for hunting partners, or land to hunt on!
