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Old 10-12-2011 | 11:03 AM
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Patrick Eubanks
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Its definately a different hunt with the little ones. I started my oldest daughter with morning hunts when she was 7. We would carefully and quietly go to the stand before light and then would sit and whisper until sun-up. Usually after about two hours she would inform me that she needed to pee. This was my que that it was time to leave and go get breakfast.
Four years later, shes a pretty polished hunter. She shoots a .243 and is extremely stealthy around deer. I still sit in the stand with her and find myself saving the good deer for her. She still wants to shoot the little bucks when they walk out but she knows better.
Some of my favorite one on one times with her were in the deer stand. When its dark, those kids will tell you everything. By not forcing her, I was able to develope her love for the sport.
Make it fun for them, dont push them and you will have a hunting partner for years to come.
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