Posted on 12/23/2016 10:02:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
Meet Kelsey Michel, whose whole life has been wrapped around the sport of hunting and fishing. She learned the ropes from her grandfather Jon Michel, her great grandfather Carol Vinning and now her step dad Dwayne Bergeron. She has adapted well and honed her skills at hunting and fishing. From a young age, she was introduced to the outdoors, starting with fishing, not only for reds and specks, mind you, but also for alligator. Carol and Jon had been hunting alligators for many years, bringing many nieces, nephews, children and grandchildren out with them to experience the outdoors and the lessons that can be learned from it.
Kelsey also has had the opportunity to experience deer hunting. Even though she hasn’t killed a deer to date, I’m sure it won’t be long before this girl puts one in the freezer. Her grandfather Jon brought her out at a young age, not to hunt at first, but to experience the sight and sounds of deer, black bear, coyotes, snakes and the other many animals you see in the woods of south Louisiana. Jon taught her about gun safety and the proper way of carrying and shooting a weapon.
This year her stepfather wanting to do something special for her. So he set up a duck hunt for her eighteenth birthday and the results are in the pictures. Kelsey knocked 3 down on her first time out in the duck blind. Her smile and her attitude toward hunting and safety puts her in a unique group of young women, who love to experience the thrill of the hunt but are also about the conservation of the kill. To harvest as much of the animal as you can, don’t let anything go to waste and to take only what you and your family can eat. I’m sure this girl will be hunting for many years to come. Get your kids in the outdoors and let them experience what nature has to offer. I’m sure her great grandfather Carol who passed recently, her grandfather Jon and her stepdad Dwayne are very proud of this young lady.
Stories like this, show that there is still hope for our youth related to hunting and fishing. If you take the time to teach them, many will stay with it for a lifetime. If you don’t do it, who will?
God Bless and Merry Christmas!
Super super super cool! As the father of five kids, I have loved every moment of teaching my first four (all boys) to shoot and hunt. I am beyond thrilled that my 10-year old daughter is just as passionate about the opportunities to shoot and harvest game. No matter the condition of my finances at any point in my life going forward, I AM a wealthy man.
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