kids and hunting
 

I have a 15 year old kid that started to hunt 2 years ago. he has lost interest in hunting. He like to go to the club and ride around and put out corn and all. I cant figure out why he wont go sit. I ask him and he says he just gets bored. He will sit if he sees deer, but doesnt like sitting for the hour til the deer come out. What can i do to get him to sit.

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start slow and for only a little time.take him small game hunting so the action will be a little faster.maybe he will get to the longterm later. Good luck.

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see he has dove and duck hunted for a long time but he just like to plant and corn up places rather than hunt them i wish there was a way to keep him occupied while in the stand. I first thought he might be a little afraid b/c he is in the middle of the woods by him self. Have yall ever felt like this what did yall do.

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tree climber has the right idea of taking him small game hunting. A more mature hunter can enjoy a long sit whether deer are seen or not, but a younger hunter might like a little more action. Then again, hunting isn' t for everyone.

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Think back to when you were 15. What is really kicking in hard at that age? TESTOSTERONE! The kid is growing up with countless of things going through his mind from school pressure to wondering when he will get to tag his first doe if you get my drift. Don' t pressure him. He' ll pull out of it. You' ve instilled the hunting nature in this boy, more than likely he won' t walk away from that. I may be completely wrong on this, but JMO.

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will, don' t try to force the issue. One of the biggest thrills of my life was to see my son kill his first deer when he was 11 years old. He too lost interest in hunting, and I hated to see that because I wanted him as my hunting partner so bad. His main interest was and is baseball, which I happen to love also. He is in his 5th and final year of college baseball now, and I am very proud of him. I believe that if you try to force something on someone, no matter how bad you want it, it may cause him to not like it. Hopefully when the time is right, my son and your son will learn to enjoy the sport that you and I love and will be our hunting partners for life. Just my .02 cents worth.

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thanks guys

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to add on....... I really think he likes deer hunting..... i know he likes dove and duck b/c he eat sleeps and dreams that. But see the think i dont understand is he will go out to the club and sit and talk to people but when i ask if he is going to sit tonight he says naaaa. The only thing i think is that he might be a little afraid of being in the woods.

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might be like that just go slow and dont force....:Dhe learn to love going to the woods......I took my 5 year old out yesterday, and he did great... we even got a deer...

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I started taking my oldest boy hunting when he was 8. He accompanied me every year spring turkey hunting and some deer hunts. He actually started hunting with a bow at age 13 and shot a P&Y buck the next year for his first! He continued to hunt, but became tired of getting out of bed so early and then the testosterone kicked in. Now it' s his girlfriend, music and college. Hopefully he' ll get the bug again eventually. Fortunately, my youngest has an interest in hunting and will be going out again with me later today for opening day afternoon (I have to work for the opening morning[:@][:' (]).

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I am 32 and it is still kickin' hard!:D

My son is three now so the only reference if have is what I did when I was younger. I lost interest in it for a while and didn' t really hunt at all for a few years. But as time grew on and my desire to hang out with my dad grew stronger (that was about the time that I realized that I didn' t know everything) I found that the best way to rebuild a relationship with him was on a deerstand.

BTW, It can get a little spooky in the trees when you are fifteen and alone. The best way to truly find out is to either invite him to sit on a stand with you or just make mention that sometimes it gets a little spooky out there and see what he says.

Good Luck to you.

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thanks guys if there is anymore keep them coming

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i' m going to be 17 on monday and although a girl, i went through the same thing... when hormones started bubbling over i couldn' t sit still to save my life... badshotbob basically hit it on the head about pressure especially if his peers don' t hunt... plus you gotta make yourself look good to the opposite sex... it took me a while to learn how to come home from 5 hours of hunting in rain/ snow/ heat what have you and still look presentable to go into town and get a drink... plus a lot of girls look down on hunting and see it as something only a big hulking baffoon would do and they want guys to clean up... he' ll get over it once he learns to control things... i know i did and many of my guy friends

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Another thing to consider with boredom is to bring a book (if he is a reader) or a small SILENT computer game into the stand/blind with him. That way he can hunt and also relieve his boredom while in the stand.

Another thing to try is ask him is he wants to hunt next to you. That is an awesome bonding experience, to be able to hunt with your dad.

Matt

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all in due time,things just might very well change when changes start to mellow down a little bit. when i was 15 i really never lost intrest in hunting it kind of just stuck, BUT friends and other extra activities were not easy to get over eigther, then when time came around for hunting season everything else went on hold. I watched school friends that once liked the whole hunting idea, just about forgett what it was all about. Now 15 years later most of them have gotten bk into the sport. my two older sons 9-7 want to go but when its time to get out 9 x out of 10 the weather does them before too long, they stay in tuned for about a couple hours then there done, then we come home. srry this goes on an d on. I just keep hoping that before long they can withstand it for longer time spand--its a great feeling to have them out there with me :D:D--

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im 16 and all I want to do is be out in the woods away from everything. My granpa who died well before I was born owned the land and camp that my dad now owns, and growing up my dad hunted there too. I started going hunting around maybe age 7-9 and have gone to deer camp ever since. I had seen my dad shoot partridge and everything before that though. We go in there all through the year and my dads always telling me stories of times a camp and places where my grandpa shot deer 30-40 years ago. So for me, its kind of like history and enjoying the things my grandpa and dad have enjoyed and just imagining living int he old days and being amazed by the thrill of the hunt. Theres no place I' d rather be than in the woods hunting with me dad and friends, not girls, other friends or games or movies or anything like that. I dont know, im just thrilled by the whole old time, being in nature on the land. I guess I cant explain it, but do you guys understand?

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i wouldn' t force the issue. I think a lot have said about the age deal and that prolly has a lot to do with it....also....it might be he is affraid of the woods. I' m 19...and I' ve been going with my father and uncle for years and I' m still not comfortable about going alone. I sit alone....and just this year i' ve started to go by myself and I love it. Get away from the hustle bustle of life. It' s great. Well good luck.

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Willbjew ,
try teaching him spot and stalk or still hunting for small game like tree rats , then graduate him to doing it for deer . It' s hard to be bored and moving quietly at the same time , and it will increase his shot opportunities as well .

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DaveH Bingo! you hit the nail on the head. I was an avid hunter. Still am. I do however remember a few years in that age range where the four legged deer took a back seat to the other kind of DEAR. Now my wife and I hunt toghether all the time. Best of both worlds.:D Give him time. He will revisit the hunting later.

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willbjew when I was a young buck about the only time I didn' t like deer hunting was sitting on stand, the things that kept me interested in deer hunting because it was more than just sitting there (my preference now) was drives and running dogs, there was action in these two activities so it kept my interest, heck I loved being a driver, we didn' t do what a lot of folks stereotypically think drivers do, 2-4 people would be standers while 4-6 others would slowly work through designated areas slowly back and forth to keep them from sliding back by us. I killed deer both as a driver and a stander, the standing part is what slowly turned me into a stand hunter, of course getting old helped in the decision also!;)

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Yeah definitely if you have a dogger let him go with him for a day. I used to love doing with the dogger cause I got to see all the different areas and swamps/marshes and really get a feel for the land before I still hunted it.