Another way to ruin hunting
02-25-2011, 06:03 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From mortal care:
From WNYhunter:
I was the original poster and these two positions are quite correctly pointing out things that can go wrong. What we want to do is give the youngster a reasonable challenge--Put them in a situation that demands hunter skills, but also gives them a chance to succeed, even with a mistake or two.
Even if they gut shot a yearling and it took a while to track it, they still did a lot of things right and we want to acknowledge that. If an experienced hunter they respect is proud and happy for them, it goes a long way, and so much the better if he can gently show them ways to improve.
A better way to ruin hunting is failure.I would never take a kid on a hunt i thought he wouldnt get anything on.My bro hates hunting because his first few hunts were deer bow hunts and now he thinks hunting is boring
From WNYhunter:
Moral of the story, some want to hunt and some don't. but don't think you have to give a kid success.
You want to ruin hunting? one way is to teach new hunters that failure is not an option.
You want to ruin hunting? one way is to teach new hunters that failure is not an option.
Even if they gut shot a yearling and it took a while to track it, they still did a lot of things right and we want to acknowledge that. If an experienced hunter they respect is proud and happy for them, it goes a long way, and so much the better if he can gently show them ways to improve.
