Totoe, great post. It is nice to hear from you again, my friend.

The sight and sound of that first turkey is something that could hook someone for life. I clearly remember my first time.

A few tips I posted in the political and off-season forums, just to share some ideas:

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A few ideas:

You don't even need a gun. Call a turkey in and shoot it with a camera. Set up on some spring feeding areas and capture photos of deer while "hiding" with the younger person. Photos are instant permanent trophies that the kids will show around to family and friends. Movies are another fantastic option to share after a "hunt."

Kids love action...leave your rods at home (concentrate on instructing and letting them have a good time... bring a cane pole, a big ol' can of worms and a few bobbers. (Remember how much fun that was?) Keep them in the thick of a school of panfish. Bring a picnic.

Few kids get to watch the woods "wake up" after going into the woods before sunrise. Even a sunset near a stream or lake is something rare for younger people these days.

Build a fire and make an easy campfire meal.

If its outdoors and you share it everyone wins.

Please take a moment and post the stories as they happen. Let the kids read about their story on the board. Introduce them and we can all recognize them and salute them by name.

Also consider donating some of your old fishing tackle, lures, rods and reels, etc to the kids that you indoctrinate into the outdoors.

The feeling of owning that first fishing rod is something that I will never forget.

It was mine. Somehow that made it very special. From that day on I was armed and dangerous.

Show them how to go out after dark and catch some nightcrawlers in their own backyard.

How about giving someone one of your old bows? Other gear?