ORIGINAL: SwampTHING
Thanks guys,, I was just worried about point of impact. Ill keep him to a shotof under 75 yards and broadside,, we will be sitting in a hunting shack so he will have a good rest to shoot off of. He called tonight and told me about the 5 does and the buck he was watching in the cornfield for an hour tonight... So I asked him if he wanted me to pick him up after school tomorrow and go sit for a couple hours tomorrow and all day saturday if nothing happens tomorrow,, all he could say was really really really?? I sure hope he gets the chance,, hes a good kid and I know this would make his year! Ill keep you posted on what happens.
There is nothing sweeter thanto introduce a youngster to hunting who is really "into it". Give him your old magazine, he will read them cover to cover. Give him especially theBowhunter Magazines and the ML Hunter magazines.
There is a young man near where I live, who goes to my chuch, who father owns a large farm and loves to hunt---his father didn't hunt, nor any of his uncles. When he was about 14 or 15, I had him register for Hunter Safety Class and drove him tothe course and picked him up after it was done, he only missed 1 question on theTest at the end of the course. I gave/lent him a bow that my son started with, showed him how to make tree stands like this for cheap on his land:
http://www.the-gleasons.com/low_cost_tree_stands_for_hunting.htm
took him bow hunting several times with my son and gave him a new Optima MLer--- because he loved hunting and I could see it in his eyes (he ALWAYS asked at chuch how I did the previous Sat). My son gave him an 8mm mauser, they hunt togetherat times and are good friends. I is great to see him in college now, working in the building trades AND helping his brother's learn to hunt and basically following in the foot steps thatmy son and Ishowed him. My son is aabout 3 years older than he is. Some cautions:
If you give the young man a gun, make sure the mother is OK with it and buy a lock for the gun and give it to the mother. I think the ML is the ideal gun to give a kid, since it is very unlikey younger brothers will be able to load a MLer and shoot it. Too many steps and too difficult to push a bullet down a long bore.
Very very rewarding and joyful to me as I am sure it will be to you. May theLord bless yourministry of helps to this young man.
Chap Gleason