Where did I go wrong

[DRR324]

My 10 year old son is on the small side, and I don't feel the least bit slanted toward taking him out hunting- while he shoots his Browning Micro Midas.  The little thing zips arrows at 40#- and he hits what he shoots at.  I'm geeked about his prospects to run an arrow through a deer this fall.......

[rastaman]

Enjoy HER regardless of what she chooses to shoot and count your blessings (which i know you have many times over already)!  

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

It's not the equipment that you choose that matters, it's the ethics of the person behind it.  Compound or trad, shoot with her and enjoy every minute of it.

[Van/TX]

Get her one.  And if she wants a rifle and a shotgun and a handgun.  Get her those too   ...Van

[Killdeer]

Van, I wish you had been MY dad!

Killdeer  
(She'll need two rifles. A .22 and a deer gun.   :D   )

[Bud B.]

My daughters are 22 and 24. One is just now showing interest in shooting archery. Her boyfriend wants to get a wheel bow and she's been trying to shoot my 40# longbow with small success. The other daughter brightens my day if she just calls so let me know she's OK. The point is, they're both grown and doing their own things. No sons.

Count your blessings now. They will change as your daughter grows. Let her shoot what she wants. At least it's time spent together.

Buy her a wheel bow. Time spent with your children is priceless.

When I hear that song, "Your gonna miss this," I just about come to tears. I miss my kids being little.

Grandkids are the next step in my process. I'm not sure they are ready for kids though.

Like I said, enjoy it now. You'll blink and she'll be grown.

[Lil Red]

Get her what it takes to keep her close. My 10 yr. old hunts with a compound and rifle. But roams and loves to shoot his long bow just not enough pounds to hunt with.

[JDL]

Why not put a sight on her recurve?

[Thumper Dunker]

Get her the compond.If she ever wants a rifle get her a rifle. Keep her hunting with you.  Us trad shooters do not walk on water.

[Brian Krebs]

You have to get her a wheely bow now- but not the training wheels on her bike.

 You really missed your opportunity - when she asked you should have fallen to the ground and cried like a baby !!

[Brian Krebs]

or maybe not.  

[Tom]

Its not about the equipment at this point,its about time spent with her. It will pay dividends in the future for both of you. Enjoy what you have going.

[xtrema312]

Get the compound and try and get her to shoot both some.  Then she can decide what she likes best.  Try and take her to some trad shoots where she has to shoot trad bows.  Those are a lot of fun and will help her enjoy trad bows more.

A compound is probably better for hunting with a young girl or even a smaller boy.  They can probably shoot more weight and get more stored energy.  Sites are a big plus when you are shooting at an animal early in your hunting experience.  Mine will probably shoot a compound for hunting to start out.  They shoot trad bows now because the light compound I have for them is too heavy mass and draw for them still.   I plan to let them shoot both and pick what they want.

[flinthead]

Traditional Archery is a enjoyable sport and I shoot Trad. all year , except this fall I will be hunting with a compound bow. Have had some bad shots last 3 years, also killed 2 deer with a Widow recurve . And will still squirrel hunt with it . When I feel more comfortable with my stick will hunt deer with it.Hunting with a Trad. bow does not automatically make me a better hunter.Enjoy archery your way . One opinion , thanks , Roy

[bornagainbowhunter]

Trad bows are NOT better that wheel bows, only different.  It is silly to put one on a pedistol and trample the other.  Each choice is personal.

[Brian Krebs]

oh good grief.

[Pete Arthur]

As others have said.. do whatever you can to spend time with your kids when they are young. You've probably heard it before, but this time goes by way too fast..

[stuckum]

Easy Fellas.. I don't have any problem with a wheel bow at all. I have one and shoot it from time to time and all my friends shoot them also. I could careless whats she shoots. Well maybe a crossbow. I just thought it was odd and funny that she would be intrested in one. Trust me I dont think I did or have done anything wrong my grils do everything from duck hunt to deer hunt to run the trap line with me. I was just making a comment. ALL YOU ARE RIGHT. SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH YOUR KIDS THAT YOU CAN. You never no what tomorrow brings. And I do apprecate all the replys and concerns.

[canopyboy]

I remember someone writing (maybe in Shooting the Stickbow?) that they though compounds were preferrable for kids in that range as it gets them shooting with less frustration and more confidence.  As they get older the switch back to traditional is more fruitful.

I've got three girls that love to shoot.  (The oldest is 11.)  And I have to say, another girl showed up at the range a month or two ago with a pink compound, and my 6 year old couldn't stop staring.  Most kids are easy sells on flashier toys.....

[canopyboy]

Oh and Brian, I love the:

"THE VOICES HAVEN'T BOTHERED ME SINCE I STARTED POKING THEM WITH A Q-TIP."

I'm going to put it up over my computer at work.

-Dave