how to introduce hunting to a young person?

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Lots of good info posted here such as the safety thing and early shooting skills. My wife and I always had our daughters in the woods...walking..picking berries and checking everything out along the way..tracks, poo all that..and the early tag alongs are great..just like fishing though, have to have something for them to hunt or loose interest quick...tree rats are great as the whistle pigs or what lives in your area..days sitting in warm sun eating an apple or grapes picked in the wild are still talked about..oh and so are the hunts in later years. My oldest daughter has many deer, turkey etc under her belt but quit due to time...the younger daughter is still my hunting buddy and had deer, turkey in the pot from this year..still interested..oh not to mention the fact she was mad because she had to work the day i took my adventure in and had help gettin out as posted in another 'woods' adventure..we still talk of the day my oldest one watched a tree rat climb down and sit on my hat while eating a nut..was funny..but helped get her hooked on watching nature at its best...things the average city slicker will never see..good thing they weren't with me the day i watched 2 chipmonks crawl up each pantleg..i didn't move but started yelling when i heard one ask the other..are we gonna eat them here or take them with us?..yikes..