I'm afraid I might be gulity of child abuse. I taught my boys to hunt and now they're hooked. They get up early, they're gone all day and come home tired and sometimes bloody. Last year I let my then 17 year old son use my old bow, but that wasn't good enough so he used his money to buy a new Hoyt for this season. Today he came home with a button buck - his first bow kill. He wanted a bigger deer, but the season closes tomorrow. Now he has shot bigger deer with his muzzleloader, but for some reason he was bouncing off the walls when I got home from work. I'm afraid if he had hurt himself, I could have been responsible. Might I be sent to jail? Am I a bad father? Jim

well if it is my dad should be in jail beside your cell...he taught me everything he knows about hunting(except maybe a few things hes hiding and maybe a few that i should learn myself) and now im turning 16 and preparing to start hunting alone and bowhunting myself..he bowhunted before and when im picking the tree to put the stand in i can bet he is right beside me pointing me in the right direction if i need the help...i think by now i can do it myself though..he taught me an awful lot for someone who doesnt shoot bucks often...he used to come home all the time when i was little saying how he passed up bucks because they were too small and you cant eat the horns...to this day he passes little bucks(lets me get them for my first buck) and takes a doe instead i now understand that and understand that if he was more patient he would bag the big buck of the woods but he has the patients of a 6 year old...after 2 or 3 hrs hes up and driving for me or we are finding a new spot...but thats ok i learned from his impatience and know its always rewarded...so far the deer and turkeys alway come by right after we leave...or we get busted as we get up and would bagged a big tom if we would stayed 5 more mins...i dont want him to goto jail...i dont feel he abused me in anyway....he broguht me up right if you ask me..id rather be in the woods or on a lake or stream side fishing than anything else...without him i wouldnt know about hunting and fishing...you didnt abuse your boys either...you did the best thing you could and they are probally happy you did if they think about it

At least all of us would have good company.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Rick

Lifes not about knowing the answers, its about asking the questions.

If that's the case I was abused 54 years ago when I shot my first rabbit in Northeast Indiana.

Bowhunter

It happens to the best of us,it happened to me some 50 yrs ago and now it has happened to my son about 20 yrs ago. Man what a way to go the memories I have of my dad and I hunting and now the memories that my son and I have it is great. My son and I each took a deer this year one week apart good season for us.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

i hope that i am lucky enough to experience this kind of abuse with my son.

hunt on hunt hard eat well

Well 2eagles, hopefully you will be out of jail by the time I am locked up for my twins!! LOL

Good job, my twins are in the learning stages of hunting and my personal gophers for setting up stands.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Proud father of a Devil Dog

2eagles: I'll give you the name of my defense lawyer because my 4 year old is starting to get the fever now also. He's the only kid in his class that can tell you when bow season comes in and goes out.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>Keep up the good work.

Hey, I might need that laywer. Taking my two daughters to pick out their bows next weekend.

Come to think of it, forget the lawyer. I'll plead guilty!!!



Shoot often - Hunt always

Nah, Child abuse would be denying (sp) your child or children the great pleasures to be found in the &quot;Great Outdoors&quot;!!!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

If I ain't huntin',I'm trappin',If I ain't trappin',I'm fishin'
If I ain't fishin',I'm wishin'!