RE: Take a kid hunting...
I have 2 daughters and neither are interested in hunting but I've spent a lot of time outdoors fishing, hiking and riding mountain bikes with them. Although they weren't interested in my sport I took interest in theirs and spent countless hours at track and cross country meets, basketball and softball games and I cherish those memories. However, a few years back I introduced a neighbor's kid to hunting and he's hooked for life. His dad was a truck driver and spent a lot of time on the road and didn't get to take him hunting as often as I could. The kid killed his first squirrel, rabbit, and deer hunting with me. I also taught him how to skin and properly care for the meat after the hunt. I didn't realize it at the time how much this ment to him but now he calls me almost every weekend from Ft. Bragg, NC to talk about the upcoming season. He's probably gonna be in Iraq within 3 months and I'm sure when he calls home or writes he'll remind me again how special those days were to him. I know they sure were special to me.