When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.
One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River.
Growing up, I've enjoyed hunting with my father.
I shoot the same rifle I've shot since I killed my first deer with it when I was nine.
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.
I haven't been hunting for years. It is just a tradition I grew up with.
You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport.
My brother got a .22 for his 12th birthday; I got a .22. He got a hunting knife; I got a hunting knife.
I'm learning to hunt with rifles, because if you think about it, hunting gets you the healthiest meat - organic, free-range food. It's a totally yuppie spin on what I thought was kind of a redneck occupation.
When I was a kid in Nebraska, a cantankerous farmer, known for plinking with his '22 at passing cars in which he perceived enemies, ingeniously rigged up a shotgun in his house, trained on the inside of his front door so as to widely distribute any intruder.