Do your children hunt with you?...Poll

[Featherbuster]

Not yet my daughter is just a year old, it wont be long.

[Hattrick]

SOS I disagree a little with you, i think the answer is preperation an good judgment from the parents,my daughter at age 7 could bust milk juggs all day long at 200yds from a rest with her 243 but it did not come with out pratice. At age 7 on a tbm phesent hunt she shot as many flying birds as any one in our group an more than a couple. The club at a little right up in there news letter about her an that hunt which i thought was nice, i have to tell ya she suprised me an made me one proud Dad that day. i beleive some kids  are capable at that age an some are not.

[The Gopher]

i sure hope so but he's only 9 months old right now, i can't wait though.

[Hattrick]

I just want to mention  on the pheasent hunt i just referd too my daughter was shooting a longbow not a shot gun

[chrisg]

Hattrick, your story illustrates very well the point made by Swamp Pygmy. He said maturity varies from individual, and your daughter clearly has had a careful and effective introduction and she has demonstrated that. His story of the videos he saw illustrate the other, unfortunate side of 'pushy parenting'. I agree with his principle, each child needs to grow at their own pace. My Dad 'made' me walk many miles through rough country, carrying birds and wrangling the dog before I was allowed to shoot, I got over the "I-have-to-kill-something" bloodlust and enjoyed being out in the wilds first. For sure I was busting clays like a pro but on my first hunt at fast flying doves I had exactly seven shells. Talk about gaining perspective! That taught me to be a careful shot and not blat away at anything. Only as I grew up did I appreciate the lesson. Congratulations on your daughter's achievement especially the pheasants with a longbow, that is hard shooting.
chrisg

[Hattrick]

Thanks chrisg, one thing i remember from my father(hes from the old school) when i started with Sara was he keep telling me she was to young, an that i didn`t start hunting till i was 12 an thats what i should do with her,  i just could not wait she was to eager an if i had man would i have missed some off best 5 years of my hunting career. i think nowdays if you wait that long its a lost hope in this tech world we live in. As i stated earler my yougest is 9 is just now starting it took her longer to get to that level.

 good luck hunting guys an take a kid with ya!

[Rick P]

Gunther has been hunting and fishing with me since he was 2 weeks old. It's gotten harder now that he doesn't fit in the "baby backpack" but now I haul him in a mountaineering sled and he loves it.

[WildmanSC]

My son, 37 now, and I spend a week together in IL hunting.He's a much better hunter than I am.  He climbs much higher in a tree than I do, 25'+ for him and 7-8' for me.  I don't like heights, alright, I admit it I have a height phobia!  My bows are a lot prettier than his Hoyt Vulcan though!            :D    

Bill