This forum and maybe one other are all I ever have participated in that could loosely be considered electronic media. I have never posted anything on YouTube and have never been on Facebook, etc.
Many years ago I used to converse with Newt, Asa, Tom, others on a forum Graybeard Outdoor’s. A little on Hal’s site forum too. But recent years only really on this forum. Tman and its archives, membership, hands down best.
I’ve got some old hand written letters in a drawer from Caroll Black, one from Charlie Dobbins, Mr. Krause, others.
That was my interaction means for many years a lot of Q&A with those guys. They were super about writing back. We didn’t have internet or cell phones. I bought a library of books. Some good, some OK, others not so much for my purposes but all of it valuable in some manner to my coyote education.
I used to call my uncle a lot with questions too. Same with my old high school boss. Both of those guys could out trap coyotes more than others I knew. Dennis vicars was a wealth of knowledge for my early learning too.
You tube maybe is the newer mechanism to learn from. I’ve used it for car repair videos and wow is that ever better than the old chiltons manuals I used from library as a kid. A good video is worth its weight.
Anyway, I’m rambling here but point is learn from resources and use what you have available. BUT, no better teacher than experience too. Got to get out there and do it, apply what you learn, and do your homework. I know some techniques I’ve observed or read I just cannot make work for my line. Others, yes absolute gold knowledge and glad I picked them up. I wouldn’t ever know without trying.
Just my two cents.
Jim