Do you realize how sexist that is? Bet my daughter can out-shoot your son.
Posted on 11/28/2005 10:20:39 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
(7) Respect for this dad and other elders.
kids should be allowed to hunt whenever they're mature enough to understand what they are doing and the consequences of screwing up. also they should be allowed to hunt whatever animal they what as long as they can handle the gun for it.
as far as, "some kids are too fidgety" so what? so are some adults. one guy i hunt with can't sit still for more than a half hour without someone there holding him down. because of that, he's only gotten 1 deer in 5 years. he does, however do nicely with squirrel and rabbit, where you can walk around all day never having to sit still for more than a few minutes.
My boys weren't really interested in it until they each were about 10. Then they got BB Guns to start to plink off tin cans (and got Holy Hell from me if they were anywhere near my birdfeeders!) then on to .22's and shotguns and rifles.
Sonny got his first Canada Goose at 15, and man was he proud! We've always been a hunting family. I think 12 is plenty old if with an adult. I'd especially encourage girls to give it a try, or to at least learn how to fish.
Weapons training should be mandatory for all teenage boys with no criminal record or obviously relevant psychological problems.
My neighbor's 2 year old got run over bay a mini-van right in his own driveway. Sad accidents both.
My parents raised eight of us. We all loved to hunt and fish. Wish I was a kid again...what great memories.
You are only as old as your mind allows. I'm still 18 goin' on 51.......
Do you realize how sexist that is? Bet my daughter can out-shoot your son.
I was dove hunting at the age of ten in Texas, armed with a single-shot .410. Often got more doves than some of the adults.
I haven't hunted in years, but I think I'll start again next year, both to get some meat and hides (my wife wants to do crafts with the hides), and also just to pi** off the PETA types.
My mom's aunt gave her the best advice she ever got - refuse to clean the game my dad brought home. If you shoot it, you should clean it.
ABSOLUTELY, THEY SHOULD. I've got to say, I hate hunting ..I am an animal lover to the extreme, but I recognize the utility of hunting. Many of this country's greatest war fighters have been hunters. There is a deep connection between being able to kill a deer or other animal and being able to look into the face of a doe eyed enemy soldier and pulling the trigger. We need folks that can do that. If every male in this country was neutered, tofu eaters working in low impact offic parks...we'd be sh*t out of luck.
Yeah, I know ;-)
I like hearing folks praising their hunter/shooter gals!
And I won't take your bet.
"I was dove hunting at the age of ten in Texas, armed with a single-shot .410."
I was next door to you in Louisiana doing the same thing with the same type shotgun. I hunted squirrels with that gun, too. I haven't hunted in a while either but hearing my boss go on and on about the deer he got this weekend is making me want to.
And if you grow it, you should pick it, clean it and can it, too.
I never said to ban hunting for kids. Just making an observation that it takes a special maturity in kids to know that hunting means to be in control of their bodies and their minds. I think this can be taught to some kids and comes with age in others.
Uh Oh....you're in trouble now....LOL
That a tragedy happened.......
Yes, that is terrible too. Prayers for that family.
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