Every year from Sept - Nov I am AWOL and hunt in the spring as well. My 2 older sons hunt. My 7 year old has a bow and shoots regularly and is counting the days he gets to go elk hunting with daddy. We shoot arrows at least twice a week and guns at least every 2 months or more. We are always our plinking snakes, turtles, and frogs.
Hunting is alive and well at our house.
I don’t get the hunting thing. If you want to do it, fine. But there is really only one reason to own a gun: to kill human beings.
The left holds this up as an indictment of guns, and second amendment advocates often hide behind hunting. But it should be taken as a virtue. Prior to the invention of the firearm, the ability to easily kill human beings was expensive and confined largely to the upper classes. You can make a powerful case that the gun is the most democratic invention in history.
Not sure what it means for the kids. What it reminds me of was the fact that in WWII, when a lot more of our soldiers came from rural areas and hunting was much more popular, it was a tremendous help that so many of these guys were already good shooters. So, America, since it looks like we’re gonna need good shootin’ for some time to come, get out there and hunt yer buns off.