I gave a friend of my sons permission to hunt after I am done if there is anything left of the plot, feel bad last year he did not get to hunt because I passed on little guys. I would be really happy to shoot one early and get the kid on a buck.
This summer, I put up a two-man ladder stand for my neighbor and his daughter to hunt from after I shoot mine. What is the world coming to
I think back to when I was a kid and how I would have felt if someone did something like that for me. I tried awfully hard but didn't have the know-how or anyone to teach me to deer hunt when I was younger, so it'll be a great feeling if they shoot a deer this year.
I don't think you're "soft"... more like you appreciate your property,your labor & your lifestyle. Now you're sharing it & hoping the next generation will appreciate it like you. It's a big deal. I hope that boy gets one & decides he wants to be like "uncle Sota".
I agree I think we need to give the next generation all the opportunity they can get. This year I will be taking a pretty good chunk out of my hunting time to take my niece out for her first time during early youth gun. I bought her a bow this year as well. She is getting pretty good Next year she should be ready for bow hunting. I am hoping to get her one with a gun this year though, to get her started off.
no shame in giving a youngster the opportunity to hunt. My best memories of my father are of us in a deer blind. I still remember the first farmer who gave us permission after knocking on his door. That was about 30 years ago. The old man broke the news to me yesterday that he's not hunting this year due to his second bilateral (yup, both re-replaced at the same time - ) knee replacement surgery last month. Honestly, he might not ever hunt again due to him being so busted up. Damn shame. But I'll always have those memories, made possible by a stranger's generosity.
Once I shoot a 140" it's all his to hunt as he wants. I won't even demand he does my scent reduction routine.
Especially when I was not good at sharing in the past, I still am going to shoot my buck first not because I am selfish I am on a team this year and owe my team my best effort.
I agree with the post above that says there is nothing soft about this. One thing that I've seen my father do that I'd like to do one day is take people who don't have the opportunity to go. He takes boys from our local orphanage hunting every year and tries to let them at least take a doe or see some deer. The appreciation that the kids have is worth it for him. I think it makes him more happy to see them shoot a deer than it does for him to shoot the biggest buck of his life.
I kind of came to a realization last year sitting up in the tree. I did not shoot a buck last fall, I did see bucks but they were too small. I always want to shoot a big buck and that means passing on small bucks. When I watch a buck walk away I think back to when I saw an 8 pointer I shot it, I think I might have enjoyed hunting more back then before I thought it was only worthy to shoot a buck of a certain size. Granted we all want a challenge but in the end I really like shooting deer, not for the sake of killing but the recovery, the gutting and processing the meals you make with the venison and the people you eat the meals with as well. The "kid" I gave permission to is 21 so not a kid. I coached the kid back in the youth football days, knowing the lads character when he was young and also the young man he has become played a big part in me saying sure. I think I am going to give it a week to get a buck and then tell the kid if I am not hunting you go hunt. I would love to see him shoot his biggest buck, my son won't bow hunt so in a way it would be rewarding for me to put the kid on a buck.
Well I am in my late '20s so I'm not a kid, but my Dad never/ couldn't teach me to hunt. It means a heck of a lot for other guys to take me under their wing and teach me what they know. They don't owe it to me and I still have the responsibility to learn all I can myself...but it means a great deal.
