Your kids
07-16-2007, 09:32 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Midway Ky USA
Posts: 1,157
RE: Your kids
Mine are 6 and 8. I'll take each one of them out in a ground blind to watch and perhaps get a shot, but mostly to just spend time with each other doing what I love. They enjoy it although my daughter (daddy's girl) is the one who asks more. It's some of the most enjoyable times in the field.
07-17-2007, 12:20 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: Your kids
Man your all making me feel like a hard azz. I take my boys and have beenon and off of various hunts, outtings, scouts...etc..since they both turned 2... my oldest actually started at 18 months believe it or not.
I dont let them take stuff to play with, I tell them up front if they want to go they have to be a big boy and be still and quiet until dark. I do have them help call and glass, that keeps them interested. I do not take them on long outtings though..3 hours max for the most part if we are sitting.. Hiking thats a different story. My six year old will hike half a day no problem..and hes continually gettng better.
They must like it, because they take it seriously and love watching animals and are both willing to sit for a couple hours now with no complaints. They are NOT ready for all day sits..most adults arent actually! LOL My oldest complained one time and I sent him home, he hasnt since.
We whisper and look through the binocs and practice moving slowly. They really get into it. I feel kids are capable of a lot more than we give them credit for sometimes or expect of them.
I dont let them take stuff to play with, I tell them up front if they want to go they have to be a big boy and be still and quiet until dark. I do have them help call and glass, that keeps them interested. I do not take them on long outtings though..3 hours max for the most part if we are sitting.. Hiking thats a different story. My six year old will hike half a day no problem..and hes continually gettng better.
They must like it, because they take it seriously and love watching animals and are both willing to sit for a couple hours now with no complaints. They are NOT ready for all day sits..most adults arent actually! LOL My oldest complained one time and I sent him home, he hasnt since.
We whisper and look through the binocs and practice moving slowly. They really get into it. I feel kids are capable of a lot more than we give them credit for sometimes or expect of them.
07-17-2007, 08:35 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: north florida
Posts: 1,277
RE: Your kids
I can't tell you how many times I played a gameboy in the stand!! I played it when I started to hunt with my dad and when I sat alone. After he let me sit alone he would still sit in a climber 400 yds away in plantation-cut timber, so he could see me in my ladder stand. Those were the best hunting memories i will ever have!! I can't wait to take my 15 month old daughter hunting!!
