Whats your advice? Helping young hunter??

[ICEMAN]

GAGalhunter, if you make this happen and get close to a trip and need help clothing this child for the out of doors..., let me know. I have a 13yr old girl and 15yr old boy who have grown out of quality hunting wear.

[BOWHUNTER45]

YES I would help this kid out in a heart beat ...I wish we had Archery in all of our schools ...back east it is a big deal teaching archery in school plus they have rifle teams in schools too !! we are way behind 

[boneaddict]

The ball is rolling Gagalhunter.   I knew we had some great members on here.   

[ribka]

If you can make it over to the E side by Ellensburg can take you and the kid out fishing, shed hunting, yote, bird hunting. I have all of the gear to use. Feel free to pm me.

BSA (Scouts) great organization too

[GAGalHunter]

Thank yall so much for all the info! See, I knew that 2 brains are better than my thick head LOL 

I emailed his aunt a lot of the links, and turns out they went to the archery range down in Puyallup and he had a great time- how awesome is that?    I talked to her about Scouts as well. We are planning one Saturday to go fishing. My grandmother taught me to fish (as well as how to stump for worms!), so Im going to pass along a little generations old wisdom

What I think the BEST part of his story is that he will take what he learns from us- hunters and conservationists- back to his house, and to the culture that his parents and brothers and sisters grew up in. His aunt is so proud to have become a citizen of this country, and thinks its great her nephew has these opportunities. ONLY in America can a half-Native half-Scot southern gal round up her huntin' buddies to help a half-Laotian half-Vietnamese- but ALL American- boy!   

There's a reason they call it the GREAT outdoors! 

Thanks again guys n' gals! 

[pianoman9701]

I'm still waiting to hear from the WA chapter president of the NFAA about a youth archer's program. I sent another message to him just now and will keep you posted.

[boneaddict]

It sounds like Killbilly has him hooked up with some great new gear if he just gets some specifics from you. He has hooked up with  a sponsor/manufacturer for some great discounts.   I really appreciate all of Killbillys efforts.  He has done some outstanding things for some people on this site and he rarely gets any kudos or credits for it.  In fact he'll probably beat me for even mentioning him.   I hope you get back to him GaGal, so he can get that gear to him.  The young man will be amazed at what a bunch of outdoorsman here at huntwa can put together.  THanks Al for taking this by the horns.  I can't wait for it to all come together. 

[Annette]

 

Well I guess Im nice enough...thing is I see all these kids joining gangs and getting into trouble- and so many of them repeatedly say they join b/c they liked having a family around. I feel like if I crossed paths with this little youngun and he ended up in some trouble, Id have a hard time knowing I might couldve helped in some small way. He told me he thought game wardens were cool because they hunt and protect the animals- now who doesnt want to help a little hunter like that? As the old sayin goes you cant harvest the field without tending the crop. 

Thanks for that link, I think I might try to contact them and see what programs they might have 

you might check into big brothers and big sisters programs often you can use these groups to aid with the legal issues of mentoring...also 4-h even though it is typically a more rural notion these days they do operate over the us and an archery group if say you had a couple kids could easily be formed...call the extension office for your area...if seattle look up king county extension or 4-h extension......http://county.wsu.edu/king/Pages/default.aspx there saved you the hassle click that link and lots of info and if nothing seems close just fire an email to someone they usually are darn helpful...

Good advice everyone. You might be smart to meet his mother  and get written permission to help him. be safe...

[Annette]

You might check into WSAA for a youth program  and clubs near where you live. Thats Washington State Archery Association..contact Linda Parker...<wa-archery@live.com>
Also there's a program called Washington Bowhunter Education.I am the state chairman and the schedual for classes will be comming out after January. It's a great class for any bowhunter and will give the student 10 years of knowage in about 12 hours!

[KillBilly]

It sounds like Killbilly has him hooked up with some great new gear if he just gets some specifics from you. He has hooked up with  a sponsor/manufacturer for some great discounts.   I really appreciate all of Killbillys efforts.  He has done some outstanding things for some people on this site and he rarely gets any kudos or credits for it.  In fact he'll probably beat me for even mentioning him.   I hope you get back to him GaGal, so he can get that gear to him.  The young man will be amazed at what a bunch of outdoorsman here at huntwa can put together.  THanks Al for taking this by the horns.  I can't wait for it to all come together.

Thanks Doug... I am still waiting for the info I need to make this happen.

[boneaddict]

Just checking in to see if all the connections were made.

[pianoman9701]

Last week, I sent another email to Paul LaRue, president of the NFAA WA chapter and have heard nothing back from him about an after school program in the Seattle area. He might be away hunting or something.

[bear hunter]

 :'(I think you should meet the mom and take the kid out. Maybe have the anut tag alog. I never had anyone take me hunting and guns wearn't alowed. When I turned 18 year old I went and got a job. I bought a rifle and deer tag with my first check and was hooked ever since. Take the little man hunting and he will never forget it.

[Skyvalhunter]

Its really your decision but sounds like you made the decision to help the boy out already. Which is probably the right decision. You could definately have a positive impact on the boys life.