I'm sure all of you have struggled with this when taking a kid hunting; trying to keep them in one spot. My nephew is really into hunting this year which is great, I love that he wants to be out there. He killed his first buck last year and has a goal to kill a big buck. The problem is he has no understanding of what that takes and he wants to constantly move locations. My brother in law does not deer hunt because he can't sit still and I'm afraid my nephew may have the same issue. I take him hunting or my dad, my dad has become a huge problem in the equation because he can't sit still either and he puts my nephew in the ranger with front windshield open and drives around and when I say drive around. They drive the entire property and they are pushing the deer out. I planted a 1.5 acre food plot, put up a blind, cut a trail to the back of the blind so they can get in it with deer out in the field. I put cameras up watching the field and send them pics and this field is getting hammered. I'm kind of at a loss at what to do. I have had multiple conversations with my dad about teaching him bad habits but I might as well talk to a stump. I've also tried to get them to wait and go in at a certain time so he's not too early in the blind, but they keep going early and then leave at prime time with the field loaded with deer. I'm just dumb founded on it and it's only going to get worse as the season progresses.
I'm planning on getting out my decoy and teaching him about deer body language and how they are interacting. He tends to do better when I take him and teach him things than with my dad. But I need help on this, I feel like I'm beating my head against the wall. This driving around nonsense hurts everyone trying to hunt, and its pushing the deer we want him to get a shot at off the farm.
I will add, he won't shoot a gun this year, only a crossbow. So I really need him still in one spot. Him and his sister were a survivor of the Covenant shooting so we are hoping we can get him back into shooting eventually so we can go bird hunting again. He is 11 and another battle I have is he doesn't play on a tablet or anything so that's out of the equation as well.
I appreciate any suggestions
I'm planning on getting out my decoy and teaching him about deer body language and how they are interacting. He tends to do better when I take him and teach him things than with my dad. But I need help on this, I feel like I'm beating my head against the wall. This driving around nonsense hurts everyone trying to hunt, and its pushing the deer we want him to get a shot at off the farm.
I will add, he won't shoot a gun this year, only a crossbow. So I really need him still in one spot. Him and his sister were a survivor of the Covenant shooting so we are hoping we can get him back into shooting eventually so we can go bird hunting again. He is 11 and another battle I have is he doesn't play on a tablet or anything so that's out of the equation as well.
I appreciate any suggestions