Can you help ?????

maineguy110 · #1 09-25-2005, 08:17 AM

There are a lot of young kids out there who would love to learn to hunt but no one to teach them.Nothing is more fun than sitting beside a young hunter and watching him or her get there first kill.What I have done is dye some old sheets green tie it to a pole then tie it to a tree or make trypods. This way we have a blind and the kid also has a gun rest. So if u can find the time take a kid the reward is ten fold. I have a new hunter to take this year.

sdkid · #2 09-25-2005, 01:56 PM

This is his first hunt, he is only 4 1/2 years old. He will carry his toy rifle from bass pro. I want to teach him proper firearm safety and plain ole common courtesy. I have chosen a small public area for pheasant and a larger one for deer. The access will be easy with close parking. My brother will be along to monitor him if/when I decide to shoot. I began my hunting hobby fairly late in life, I want him to experience all he wants. I feel I missed out on alot in my teens.
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myEspringr · #3 09-25-2005, 05:33 PM

I've got a boy on the way and I can't wait till he is old enough. My dad started takin' me out when i was five so I'll prob. do the same. I took my 8 yr old step daughter out this year to sit with me out dove huntin' but they were slim pickens not a good expierence for her first time out. Maybe i can get her out for roosters. Getting kids started early is a must. It seems that there aren't as many hunters nowadays like when i was a kid.

Deerman · #4 09-25-2005, 09:39 PM

Take grand kids,love to watch them.

petey · #5 09-26-2005, 06:40 AM

My 2.5 yr old son already knows the difference between a maple and oak leaf. He takes walks with me through the woods on my property and helps me check the trail cams, pick apples for pies and helps pull my arrows from the target. Pretty nice when the kids get quiet (even my 10 month old daughter) and sit to watch my hunting shows on TV with me.

He's a little young to "out there" yet, but in the next few years I'd say he might be tagging along on a hunt or two just to get him.

maineguy110 · #6 09-29-2005, 06:33 PM

I see people are taking them young and that is great. But what i was talking about is non family members. Here in maine the hunting age is ten there are alot of ten year old who love to hunt but no one to take them. My friend larry said his dad didnt hunt but the older guys in town took him and introduced him to the great way of hunting and then when they got so that it was hard for them to get around he returned the favor and took them.

bullpark1956 · #7 10-12-2005, 12:15 AM

im new to this thread but not to huntiing. here in wyoming were working on getting a program going that will take kids from single moms and under privleged kids out in the fall for hunting they have to ass the hunter safety and its a one on one situation were now trying to get some land owners to allow this to happen and have had alot of inquiries to this and hopefully by 2006 season we can make it happen

Dan Morris · #8 10-12-2005, 09:01 AM

Coloradeo DOW has had this mentor program for several years.
My bookkeepers 10 year old just got his first gun, a pelet gun. So far, he and his dad are having a ball in thier basement. The giver got a nice thank you note...( an ole grey haired guy) We will hit the range after hunting seasons with real ones. We'll see where
it goes from there.
Dan

skeeter@ccia.com · #9 10-13-2005, 12:41 AM

Been doing this for years now. I can't count the number of new people but one question I get asked all the time is what am I going to do when their parent or parents sue me when something happens like them falling or the worse case. I am very cautious and none the less safety is #1. Nothing like the shakes they get with the first shot or even watching wildlife in the raw...I enjoy this I think more so than hunting for myself. We eat good too...lots of wild fixins out there....part of the hunt.

Born to be outdoors ...thanks Dad