A challenege for everyone in the fall of '08
 

Alright, so I had a lot of driving time to think this weekend (between the lake, skins games, cold beer & campfires... etc). I love kids (other peoples kids for the time being), but anyway I met a kid that really wants to experience the outdoors and doesn't have anyone that will take him. I'm going to make it a personal goal to get him a shot at a deer this fall.

I challenge everyone on this forum to introdue a kid to the outdoors. I know a lot of you have your own kids, but take someone that wouldn't go if it wasn't for you. They are truly the future of our sport, and we all know how continually difficult it is going to be to keep our hunting priviliges in the future. We've got to do something....

RE: A challenege for everyone in the fall of '08
 

Good challenge!

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I'll see what I can do about that.:)

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That is a good challenge, I promote hunting with my family but I will find a youngster that wouldn't have the chance normally.....Thanks for the challenge!!!!!

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Makes 2 of us! I got a couple kids in mind that have been on me to get them set up for bow hunting. Might as well find out and see how serious they are. Good thread Dubbya and even a better service your doing!!;)

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ive introduced a couple of my friends into hunting, both took deer this past fall, and missed with the bow. really no body right now that i have the opportunitie to take. gonna be busy enough getting some hunts on film[8D]

within the next couple years though ill have a couple of cousins i can take hunting

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Im really working to get my son a deer. Finally got in a lease in northern WV, a place with plenty of deer. The cost was high but it'll be worth it to get him a deer. Hes getting pretty good with his new Bear bow he got for his B-day...

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Absolutely, no reason to stop at one right? :D

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i have a girlfriend who really loves the outdoors..she loves going for walks and riding the four wheeler...this fall im going to start her out slow with filming a hunt with me and just going along...she doenst know if she can handle seeing me shoot and kill a deer but i really think she can and i hope in starting her out slow and not pressuring her to go that she will pick up and enjoy the sport i love

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Here's myunderstudy. . . my ex g/f's son who I stole and claimed as my own,since I have only daughters :D. .13 in thepic, his first ever deer hunt. He's 15 now with 3 deer under his belt(first bow kill last year on a 5 point). . .started himturkey hunting this year and the kidtagged out on TWO mature gobblers during the youth weekend. . .It's been one of the most fulfilling and rewardingconnections I've ever made with another person. I can't wait 'till he's 18 so I van take him out west!! . . . and my daughters, they're next :)

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That a boy Josh!!

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Hats off to ya Dubbya ;)Ill work on that!!

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Good luck with that, My ex girlfriend wanted to go hunting and I happend to shoot an big eleven pointer. She watched everything and started crying. It was all down hill from there. I should have know when her parents adopted every animal in the county that she was an animal lover. I still didn't understand why she wanted to go. Maybe she was being open minded.

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That's the Fun part of hunting to me, has been for a few years. I'm taking a guy Mule Deer hunting to NE. with me this fall that has never killed a Deer with a bow.

Right now we are working on shooting basics. It should be a Fun trip!:D

Dan

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My kids are getting older and it's hard to compete with the boys.I try to run off all the city boys though.:DIt makes it a extra challenge to keep them in it but I'll be up for it.

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Me and my 15 year old brother tried really hard to get my 12 year old brother a shot at a deer last year. He ended up getting one during the late gun season, and missed a wide 4 point. Hes hooked though :D

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Absolutely great idea! I took a young fella along on a turkey hunt and he got his first gobbler. It turned out to be a double bearded bird with good spurs and weighed 23.5 lbs so he is getting it mounted. I have a great time taking folks turkey hunting each spring. I had my fiance in the tree with me many days this past fall bowhunting and she shot her first deer, ended up being a nice buck with my T/C muzzleloader. I hope to get her one with a bow this fall! Great post!

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Very good idea! Good luck!

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Plan on taking my 7yr old cousin out with me, he is turning into quite the outdoorsman and I can't wait for the first time he sees a deer from a stand....problem is that he is a talker...lol...I really can't wait

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I love kids toobut its hard to get enough barbecue sauce on the little ones. Maybe some "Frank's red hot" would be easier.

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Took my neighbors kid out for spring Turkey. I will find another this fall.

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I don't have any friends that have kids old enough to hunt yet, but have introduced two friends in the past3 years to hunting. They are addicted. I have 2 more that I am going to introduce it to this year. I havea few more that want to try it, but the way I see it,If I want to trust someone with a gun, they have to be the kind of guy who will get up at 2 AM from a dead sleep to pull you out of a snow drift. All these guys would.

You learn something when you introduce someone else to hunting. For years allI wanted to due was to harvest a deer, when I introduced my friends to hunting, that all changed. I would gladly take the worst stand or take the "thick" cover when pheasant hunting just for them to get the shot. I love hunting and still want to harvest that "Wall Hanger", but get a kid or someone new to hunting there first deer and see the look on there face, priceless. I can't imagine what it would be like to be a father and see your kid take his first deer, hopefully someday for me. Until then, the high I get off of a buddy taking his first animal will good enough for me!

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Took a kid hunting last weekend. Good feeling.

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I might be able to dothat this fall. My neighbor is finally getting old enough I may ask his parents if I can take him behindour houses. He already comes over and shoots his little bow with me.