3 Year Olds first hunt and one proud Daddy.

[systemnt]

This past weekend my daughter had 2 cheer competitions - one Saturday and one Sunday at Reliant and GRB.. so, my youngest son - 3 years old - and I loaded up the truck Friday night, and got out of dodge early Saturday morning --heading South to the Ranch to spend a day just about him.

We get to the Ranch about 10am, unload the Ranger and go get some corn from the conex.
This is were my son officially became a redneck. I could not have been more proud.

http://www.texashighfence.com/Videos/tanredneck.jpg

After wiping away my tears of joy, and helping him pull his pants back up, we started cruising around the ranch, checking feeders and trailcams, and talking to cows...a lot of talking to cows.. yelling at cows.. making fun of cows... a three yearold never tires of the "MOOOOVE cow!" joke...

After spending a few hours driving around, seeing some deer movement..and explaining why we dont see coyotes on every trip..for the 16th time.. we head back to camp and grab some grub.
We load the rifles , his...and mine, and head out to one of my favorite deer watching stand - which becomes a zoo of does, fawns, yearlings and young bucks every evening..
We got situated in the stand, and I handed him my phone to play games on to occupy him while we awaited the show that would happen in about 20 minutes.. he'd play for a minute..then look out every window, say "Where dey at daddy?".. and repeat.
...thank God.. Feeder went off on time..and the deer started piling out of the brush over to the feeder.. I stood him on on the chair.. turned on the video cam on my phone..and the hunt began..

http://youtu.be/niu5y6FF8q8

[takoma]

hahah !!! that's great !!!! " How many deer are out there ? "

" der's sisth !" ( holds up 3 fingers )

Awesome time in the blind ! - c

[keep]

Is the trigger on the top of the stock? I was laughing at his thumb "squeezing" the trigger on the second barrage of shots. That's cute thanks for sharing

[lawdawg]

Awesome video. Good times right there.

[systemnt]

Is the trigger on the top of the stock? I was laughing at his thumb "squeezing" the trigger on the second barrage of shots. That's cute thanks for sharing

his little hand couldnt quite grip the stock ..so when he 'pulled' the trigger... he had to squeeze his whole hand!
i laughed about that too..i never noticed it when it was happening.

[BigThicketBoy]

Greatness Doing good Dad.:thumbup:

[mev002]

That is good stuff man!

[systemnt]

thanks

[Daniel75]

That's one of the cutest videos I've seen! My son is the same age, can't wait to take him next year. Congrats man.

[JSAPP]

That's as good as it gets right there. Pure awesome. Thanks for posting this.

[SouthTX1911]

Man that is the absolute best! Good job, dad.

[systemnt]

Tanner taught me a couple things on this trip:
1) that he knows how to be quiet ..and is willing to be..
2) If you notice he only pulled the trigger when he was told it was ok..either verbally or me nodding (he looked back for the approval)..
while this was an instruction given to him ONCE when we first got into the blind..he held onto it as part of the program the entire time in the blind.
3) He understands what pulling the trigger on the gun is *supposed* to do.. When we got out of the stand , he didnt understand why we weren't going over to "pick his deer up".
Pretty proud of my little buddy

[Legdog]

Awesome bonding and even better that it's now recorded history!

He needs a gun that sounds like a feeder going off!

[JRandolphTX]

I also have a 3-year-old and can't wait to get him out. Thanks for sharing the video. It made my day.

[bdphunt]

Awesome. Congrats on the weekend with your son and great video.