Youth Field Day

[Gil Martin]

Last Saturday, our local gun club hosted a Youth Field Day for 200 youngsters. The younger ones shot .22 rifles, crossbows, went fishing and did other outdoor activities. The older teenagers came to my high power rifle station on the 50 yard rifle range. We used Savage Axis .223 bolt action rifles with 3x-9x scopes. The shooters wore era plugs and ear muffs and eye protection while they shot 20 rounds from sandbags at bullseye and groundhog targets. Each shooter had an adult instructor coaching them. We processed 51 teenagers during the day and fired over 1,000 rounds. I must be getting old because that ten hour day nearly did me in. Everyone had a great time. The instructors shared the PMC brass and MidwayUSA reimbursed us for the ammo. All the best...
Gil

[Dan Morris]

Good....they are the future of shooting sports!
Dan

[petey]

I just brought my two to a Youth Field days in Clarion County...450 kids, and 13-14 different stations. We hit them all, it was a pretty long day but they had fun. It was well put on by the volunteers and over 100 guns, 25 bows, 10-15 crossbows given away. The rest went home with fishing poles and tackle boxes. My two were lucky enough to both win guns.. Much more luckier than I've ever been. They got duck calls too.

Obviously my two youngsters have always had the opportunity to shoot and get outdoors but I really appreciate all the hard work and time put into Youth field days to get youngsters out there that wouldn't otherwise.

My oldest is now 12 and we just got him his doe tags, bear license and he can't wait to hunt all the stuff he hasn't had the opportunity to being a mentored youth. Like Pheasants, bear and the likes of. Even put him in for an Elk tag...who knows, as lucky as he is, he'll probably draw. Of course, most 12 yr olds don't have 10 deer and 6 turkey already under their belt!

[buckhunter]

My Granddaughter is currently taking her Hunter Safety Course. She has to go 3 evening for about 2 1/2 hours and will have to spend all day Saturday at a gun club learning the rights and wrongs of gun safety. Being in the "Peoples Republic" these course and few and far between. We have a hours ride from the burbs of Boston to the course. Anyway from my 8 she is the only on who has shown any interest in going.

I am taking her today. My youngest daughter took her Tuesday the first day and 51 people had enrolled. Another 30 showed up so they did not get turned away.

[fishdoggydog]

In Wisconsin a 10 year old can hunt with a mentor, so I took my grandson who did not show the same interest in hunting that I had as a boy. But he killed a doe in the youth season and he instantly liked hunting. This spring he killed a tom turkey, and I transferred a bear tag to him, after he successfully completed Hunter Safety. So I will be taking him for bear in September, he is 12 now.

[buckhunter]

Emma finished her course. During it she seemed kinda disinterested. I really wasn't sure how she would fare. Understanding that nobody fails I was really looking forward to she if she got thru. Damn got a 98. I seriously doubt I could do this. Anyway she is excited to go. Taking her to Cabelas today to pick out some new broadheads.

[Dan Morris]

My congrats......never under estimate how much attention they are paying.
Dan