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Good one Charlie! How ya been? Still telling stories by installment?
Thanks to all for the welcome back. It's about time I got into it again. While I was away, I kinda got into Marlin lever action guns pretty hard. Figured if I was going to use a rifle, I'd try to keep it simple. After so many years hunting with a bow, even a 35 Remington seemed like a "long range" gun. The plan was to stick with open sights but my eyesight nixed that. I did stay with vintage, low power Weaver Scopes though. Got all the kids hooked up and Emmett has already taken two bucks. At first I was torn about not hunting with my longbow but I've had so much fun with the kids hunting I didn't mind.
When Emmett was 11 I took him to a hunter safety class and during the archery portion the instructor was talking up all the ways the state had helped bow hunting and asked if anyone had torn their rotator cuff and I said yes. Right away she was telling the whole class that I could get a permit to hunt with a crossbow and it wad such a wonderful program. I think she was a little put out when I said I thought they should be banned and would go without bow hunting first. I've always felt that way and often wondered if I'd still feel that way of I was in a position where I couldn't hunt with my longbow. I guess my convictions were strong enough, I've stuck by them. Now I'm able to shoot my bow again and I'm glad I didn't cave. Not sure whyi don't have a problem with gun hunting but don't like crossbows. I guess I don't really mind crossbows either of used in rifle season but they just don't belong in archery season. Oh well, what can you do?
Many of you have seen my kids shooting at MOJAM in Years past. Lindsey wants to deer hunt with her bow and can handle about 40 pounds but Emmett who REALLY loves to hunt, shoot and fish can't quite pull enough weight yet but he sure can pull a trigger! He's done great the past 4 years. Had some years where he didn't see a deer so he learned about patience. He had a year where he had a danged nice buck come in and made a beautiful shot so he learned to control his excitement. Last season he sat by himself for the first time and got his second buck.
He's 12 now but pretty small for his age. I'm hoping to work with him this summer and maybe get him to where he can hunt with a bow that's heavy enough for deer. He's got the drive to hunt and fish pretty hard. His younger brother, not so much but I'm working on that.
Topic: Hello everybody, been gone a long time. (Read 784 times)
