Taking Kids Hunting

[Brian243]

Reading a post this morning got my eyes all watery and wanted to share my little Pinches in the wild!

My ex-stepdad taught me everything I know about hunting, and unfortunately everything I don't want to know about being a drunk. He and my mom married when I was about 3 and stayed married until I was 17. He was my second "Dad". Things happened, they split up, we had a big falling out but attempted to reconcile over thanksgiving about 10 years ago. He invited my now wife and I over with my sisters to celebrate and I wanted to give it a shot... Bad idea. He was drunk when we showed up and that was pretty much the last time we spoke.

As I read the post this morning from hully ( I think), I was brought back to what it must have been like for him to put me in the stand for my first time wanting to hunt alone, and now me getting to hunt with my boys. He's never met my boys and I don't plan on that changing, but I know that I'll cherish these loud, talkative, never still moments with them in the stand until they ask to hunt alone.

No real reason for this post other than the green screen is a lot cheaper than therapy... LOL. But really, keep those kids in the woods. I have to remind myself that I've killed some good deer and I have meat in the freezer this year so its not going to hunt to drive right up to the stand and let them sit for a bit.

[Gumbo Man]

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[coy-ote]

take them with their ipads phones and anything else you need to keep them entertained, i started taking my boys when they were 7 and 4 and they were a handful! the deer would stare at the blind some would run off some would stay. i learned about deer hunting from a lifelong friend more than i did from my dad who really fished more than hunted.my oldest is 17 and my youngest is 14 and they are great shots and can age deer with the best of them and know to be ethical stewards of the land, we eat what we shoot then say a little prayer to our maker for the bounty. we share our harvest and I wish i hadn’t waited til 45 to start a family i was 49 when my youngest was born cherish the moments you only have a few deers seasons before they’re grown up.

[ColinR]

Some of my most fond memories are of when my son was little and we hunted together. I started taking him when he was just a toddler in diapers. We watched movies, colored, played with trucks, all kinda stuff. Now he is 15 and hunts by himself. I have some friends that have kids 6 and 7 years old and they still make comments about when there kids get old enough to go……I’m like they have been old enough for 4 or 5 years.

[jjaimes]

Reading a post this morning got my eyes all watery and wanted to share my little Pinches in the wild!

My ex-stepdad taught me everything I know about hunting, and unfortunately everything I don't want to know about being a drunk. He and my mom married when I was about 3 and stayed married until I was 17. He was my second "Dad". Things happened, they split up, we had a big falling out but attempted to reconcile over thanksgiving about 10 years ago. He invited my now wife and I over with my sisters to celebrate and I wanted to give it a shot... Bad idea. He was drunk when we showed up and that was pretty much the last time we spoke.

As I read the post this morning from hully ( I think), I was brought back to what it must have been like for him to put me in the stand for my first time wanting to hunt alone, and now me getting to hunt with my boys. He's never met my boys and I don't plan on that changing, but I know that I'll cherish these loud, talkative, never still moments with them in the stand until they ask to hunt alone.

No real reason for this post other than the green screen is a lot cheaper than therapy... LOL. But really, keep those kids in the woods. I have to remind myself that I've killed some good deer and I have meat in the freezer this year so its not going to hunt to drive right up to the stand and let them sit for a bit.

You’re a good dad bud keep doing what you’re doing and allowing them boys to enjoy Gods creation. I’m having a blast taking mines out when I can. Seeing how much they enjoy it now drags the wife along.
I asked Aaron the other day what’d he do to successfully raise his daughter and he said. “I just took her hunting”. Lol

[dosrobles]

I have 3. My youngest is 24. They don’t really hunt with ole dad much any more but it’s time I will remember forever. Glad you are getting time with the kids. Sorry your step dad hasn’t been able to be part of it.

[lanceodom]

Started them young and tried my best to make it fun for them while teaching them the right way. They are 21, 18, & 17 now. Wasn’t always easy and definitely had our days where we weren’t so quiet. Here’s two of my three kids hunting pics from yesterday.

[Oleman]

My oldest grandson and I were talking about this same thing two days ago sitting in a blind down south. I took him out when he was 6--8, was with him when he shot the first deer, 6 point. He is 31 now and I am 84. Now he is taking me every year and we still remember each and every hunt.

[smokeless]

Brian, we could be kin. My stepdad also introduced me to deer hunting. We had a lot of great times together. Sadly, we also had horrible ones. He too was an alcoholic. My mom and he split when I was 28. Sadly it was a bad divorce and I never talked to him after that. I lost so much,my dad, hunting buddie, and my boss. I think the one thing I miss the most was the camp fires.

[Huntindad]

I didn't have a mentor when it came to hunting. But, I had the bug and went with it. Shot my first deer at 15. Been taking my kids hunting with me since they were 4. Great times. Very fond memories.
Now, I'm taking my grand son hunting. He loves it at the deer lease, specially the s'mores. Last week my son and grandson went out with me. My grandson(7) shot a funky 8 point(perfect shot) and shot a doe the next morning. He was all smiles.

and... now...the circle of life... after years of of doing all the work, cleaning deer etc... I get to sit back and let my so do the work while I stupervise and grandson watches and ask questions about the deer.

Great thread.

[ThisLadyHunts]

take them with their ipads phones and anything else you need to keep them entertained, i started taking my boys when they were 7 and 4 and they were a handful! the deer would stare at the blind some would run off some would stay. i learned about deer hunting from a lifelong friend more than i did from my dad who really fished more than hunted.my oldest is 17 and my youngest is 14 and they are great shots and can age deer with the best of them and know to be ethical stewards of the land, we eat what we shoot then say a little prayer to our maker for the bounty. we share our harvest and I wish i hadn’t waited til 45 to start a family i was 49 when my youngest was born cherish the moments you only have a few deers seasons before they’re grown up.

I love to hear that people still do this!

We do the same thing as well because, in a society that has become so technologically advanced that we have created the ability of inanimate objects to become more intelligent, has harnessed the ability to manipulate atomic particles and can annihilate a civilization by the simple push of a button, and is on the cusp of curing cancer by, of all things, using a simple virus to infect cancer cells with drugs that will change the DNA of cancer cells on a molecular level, it is important to remember, snd to teach our children, that there is still no one more powerful than our Creator and that everything we’ve done and everything we have is, ultimately, a gift from God and that is not we who are the center of the universe.

[canny]

My 7yr old daughter got her first deer this evening. She’s hunted with me off and on since she was 5. I think I was more excited than she was. It’s a dream come true for me to take my kids hunting and watch them be successful in the field.

[Goldensammy]

Great post. We had two yutes get their first kills today. Great times!

[ThisLadyHunts]

Great post. We had two yutes get their first kills today. Great times!

“Did you say…yutes?”

[Goldensammy]

“Did you say…yutes?”

Indeed. excuse me, your honor... Two *youths*.