Hunting with a 10 year old...

[MickThompson]

It's been legal shooting light for 17 minutes and so far he hasn't stopped chattering. Notable topics include the great Chicago fire, deer would be cooler if they could move their antlers, and what would happen if we shot a tree. Good times.

 

[BLOODTRAIL]

I miss those hunts.

 

[Jcalder]

I think my 6 year old is gonna go tomorrow. I'll be in the same boat.

 

[Trapper]

I miss every minute of it when my two sons was that young . We might get one hunt together a year now but it wont be with both of them together one will be a deer hunt and a duck hunt with the other.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Making memories!!!

 

[backyardtndeer]

Good times. My son does pretty good at being quiet but can't sit still. Taking his Nintendo switch with us next time I take him.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

It's been legal shooting light for 17 minutes and so far he hasn't stopped chattering. Notable topics include the great Chicago fire, deer would be cooler if they could move their antlers, and what would happen if we shot a tree. Good times.

Enjoy them. They go quickly, way too quickly.

 

[Linepaw]

^^^^^THIS!

 

[peytoncreekhunter]

I'm sitting with my son and grandson.....same here, he asking this and that, commenting on the cows and birds..... I wouldn't be anywhere else right now...

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

I have been taking my 9 year old that does the same thing. So far I have learned about a game called Roblox and what new Nintendo switch games are coming out. I was also asked how and why a chicken poops eggs and why are they called woodpeckers when birds don't have one!

 

[TDW05]

Can't wait for my kids to be able to go! Not too much longer!

 

[ETN Deer]

Best times I've ever spent in the woods was with my younguns. It goes by quick, cherish every moment!

 

[morgancountry]

Same boat here with my 9 year old. We have seen some thought so that helps. He had the button buck in the scope. We practiced getting on it and holding steady and being able to find it in the scope lol. Tried to get him to shoot but he's waiting on a buck he says lol. Playing hunting simulator on the Nintendo switch now lol.

 

[09FX4]

It's been legal shooting light for 17 minutes and so far he hasn't stopped chattering. Notable topics include the great Chicago fire, deer would be cooler if they could move their antlers, and what would happen if we shot a tree. Good times.

Enjoy these times, some of my best memories are when my dad first introduced me to deer hunting in the mid/late 90's. I'm sitting in a stand about 75 yards from where I shot my first deer with him. I look forward to doing the same with my son in a few years.

 

[bowtechgump]

Treasure the moments! The greatest morning when it went from dead asleep to son get up, he's right on top of us! That was at 11, now at 13 they begin to believe that they are Dr. Deer himself.

 

[Cattle Baron]

I'm with my 16 year old now. He's completely capable of sitting in a stand on his own. However, I always ask him to sit with me. I wouldn't trade my time with him for anything. Our conversations now mainly consist of him working on vehicles and what parts he needs for his truck, this cam vs this one.
I just showed him this thread. We both had a good laugh. "Woodpecker"

 

[MickThompson]

We made it for just over 4 hours this morning. Settling back in for second shift.

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

We made it for just over 4 hours this morning. Settling back in for second shift.

Me and my son talked it over and we agree with your son. Deer would be much cooler if they could move their antlers!

 

[Jcalder]

Me and my son talked it over and we agree with your son. Deer would be much cooler if they could move their antlers!

Y'all talking like Mr potato head moving them or like flexible antlers

 

[REM7]

Miss thoses days so much..priceless memories

 

[JJ3]

Enjoy every one of those days. My daughter started hunting with me when she was 10. Now she's grown adult with her own place and we still hunt together, but only time we sit together is when it is raining and we sit in a tent. A lot of good memories made like when I had to wake her up to shoot her first buck on a Thanksgiving afternoon …..

 

[MickThompson]

Y'all talking like Mr potato head moving them or like flexible antlers

Antlers that articulated at the skull plate

 

[Crappieaddict]

That's the good stuff!

 

[Dumbluck]

I took my nephew this morning and noticed he had basket ball shoes on and athletic socks when we got in the blind. I asked him if he didn't have any hunting boots and he said no, so now I know what to get him for Christmas. Then after an hour or so he needed to pee, so I told him to go right outside the blind. I hear him start walking and heck the kid was gonna hike off into the woods somewhere and I had to stop him. We had a nice buck come out later and he started fiddling with shooting muffs and who knows what else. That buck was gone before he knew it and I told him they aren't here to hang out with us. Lol.

He's had some hard but valuable lessons learned this year that will make him mature into a better hunter. I've been a very proud of how long he likes to stay and he doesn't play on a phone or anything while we are there. This morning we hunted until almost noon.

 

[TJS209]

Deer would be cooler if their antlers moved