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One Obstacle in Getting Kids Started Hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4536070" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Mike, while I agree with you that the clothing issue is an "obstacle" in getting kids started hunting,</p><p>kids today have never had it so good when it comes to hunting clothing. Their hunting activities are extremely "pampered" compared to how kids started hunting a couple generations or so back.</p><p></p><p></p><p>x 2</p><p>Except my "hunting" clothes growing up were as often too small as too large.</p><p></p><p>When I was growing up, "hunting" was more about a wide variety of game and fowl, with deer being little more than just another thing we hunted.</p><p></p><p>I had but a single set of "hunting" clothes, which consisted of a vest, a coat, and a pair of pants, all of which were brown heavy cotton. When it was colder, other "work" clothes and/or long johns were layered under these "hunting" clothes.</p><p></p><p>During "deer" season, around mid-morning we quit deer hunting, then started hunting something else, which usually meant rabbits or quail. Late afternoon, we would get back on a deer stand. Never changing clothes. Used the same <u>shotgun</u>, too. I killed a ton of deer with my Browning Sweet 16, and a ton more other stuff.</p><p></p><p>Also, back then, here in TN we had either a 1 or a 2-buck limit when I was young, archery season was truly "primitive", and there was no muzzleloader season. The archery season segment ended on October 31st, and there was no deer hunting period thereafter until the "gun" season opened a few days before Thanksgiving. If we didn't hunt something besides deer, we wouldn't get to hunt so much annually, as the deer season was also closed most of December as well.</p><p></p><p>Back then, the idea of a pre-season "juvenile" hunt had not yet been conceived. In fact, there were many years when deer season did not open on a Saturday, and most juveniles such as myself were not allowed to miss school, such as when deer season opened the Monday before Thanksgiving.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, <u>most of those with whom I grew up (and are still alive & kickin') became lifetime hunters</u>, and still hunt a variety of game today. I really believe the focus on a variety of hunting experiences helped make us into lifetime hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4536070, member: 1409"] Mike, while I agree with you that the clothing issue is an "obstacle" in getting kids started hunting, kids today have never had it so good when it comes to hunting clothing. Their hunting activities are extremely "pampered" compared to how kids started hunting a couple generations or so back. x 2 Except my "hunting" clothes growing up were as often too small as too large. When I was growing up, "hunting" was more about a wide variety of game and fowl, with deer being little more than just another thing we hunted. I had but a single set of "hunting" clothes, which consisted of a vest, a coat, and a pair of pants, all of which were brown heavy cotton. When it was colder, other "work" clothes and/or long johns were layered under these "hunting" clothes. During "deer" season, around mid-morning we quit deer hunting, then started hunting something else, which usually meant rabbits or quail. Late afternoon, we would get back on a deer stand. Never changing clothes. Used the same [u]shotgun[/u], too. I killed a ton of deer with my Browning Sweet 16, and a ton more other stuff. Also, back then, here in TN we had either a 1 or a 2-buck limit when I was young, archery season was truly "primitive", and there was no muzzleloader season. The archery season segment ended on October 31st, and there was no deer hunting period thereafter until the "gun" season opened a few days before Thanksgiving. If we didn't hunt something besides deer, we wouldn't get to hunt so much annually, as the deer season was also closed most of December as well. Back then, the idea of a pre-season "juvenile" hunt had not yet been conceived. In fact, there were many years when deer season did not open on a Saturday, and most juveniles such as myself were not allowed to miss school, such as when deer season opened the Monday before Thanksgiving. Interestingly, [u]most of those with whom I grew up (and are still alive & kickin') became lifetime hunters[/u], and still hunt a variety of game today. I really believe the focus on a variety of hunting experiences helped make us into lifetime hunters. [/QUOTE]
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