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Title: Start 'em young....
Post by: ghgetter on January 12, 2009, 08:08:11 AM
Had to share my barely 4 year olds first duck trip. What a great time. He kept wanting to shoot all my decoys.

Brought back all those memories of being freezing cold and miserable with my dad. He is a lot tougher than I was...
Also was a great lesson for me. I realized that the next group of years hunting are going to be a bit different. I would have moved to another spot where the birds were pouring in, normally a 15 minute move, but with the kid it would have taken me an hour and wasnt worth it...PATIENCE IS THE WORD FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

God bless guys.
Title: Re: Start 'em young....
Post by: NW-Eric on January 12, 2009, 08:11:26 AM
priceless pics, looks like you got yourself a great hunting partner
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Post by: TheHunt on January 12, 2009, 12:46:03 PM
Excellent... You will never leave the house hunting with out him...  And yes you will gain lots of patience.  It gets 1,000 times funner when he is a teenager and brings his friends into the blind.
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Post by: Professor Chaos on January 12, 2009, 04:47:35 PM
congrats man.  Great pics
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Post by: Gamblin Guy on January 12, 2009, 04:53:17 PM
Yep, wont be long he'll be claiming every bird that hits the ground as one he shot.   :)  Mine is 13 and still claims to hit every one, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Title: Re: Start 'em young....
Post by: Bird_Bagger on January 12, 2009, 05:43:06 PM
Thats awesome! Good job.
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Post by: Schmalzfam on January 13, 2009, 05:38:41 AM
Yep, wont be long he'll be claiming every bird that hits the ground as one he shot.   :)  Mine is 13 and still claims to hit every one, I wouldn't have it any other way.

 :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Isn't that funny!! My boys do the same thing and if they tickle it, they "HELPED".
 ;)

You will have the best hunting partner, in the world..they love to call. But, yes patience is the key!
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Post by: ICEMAN on January 13, 2009, 06:41:20 AM
Cool pic, great way to go Dad! Start em young!
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Post by: LongTatLaw on January 13, 2009, 06:46:51 AM
Man o Man...

Xavior will be 2.5 this hunting season...  not too far to go if this little man can tough out duck hunting - AKA freezing ur arse off...

Only duck hunting Ive done was in FLORIDA :bash: and I still forse...  that lil guy might be tougher than me!

Great pics and I hope we all get to watch him grow into a lil hunter on his own!

d
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Post by: boneaddict on January 13, 2009, 07:06:29 AM
Priceless pics was exactly what I was thinking then I read that someone else wrote that. 
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Post by: oneezreiter on January 13, 2009, 07:17:36 AM
Great pics,
I took my 6 year old out with me for deer a few times this year I know how you feel.
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Post by: washingtonmuley on January 13, 2009, 07:34:04 AM
That is what it is all about.
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Post by: tank on January 13, 2009, 08:11:19 AM
 That's great and it says a lot about you it takes a great sportsman to give his hunting time and game of any kind a pass while teaching young ones to hunt.
 Those that know me know my story but I have to say that I have a lot harder time with these kids, then I did with the first two. The girl is 9 and the boy is 11 we went thru hunters ed and got a couple of youth 870, turkey (have a shorter barrel) 20ga.  But I'm not doing right by them at this age I should be moving around reset the deeks with wind changes and so on, more then I do.They need to know these things at their age. Turned 61 yesterday but that's a cop out I should have been throwing clays
shooting paper and so on.At least I checked  their dominit eye   and the girl has her weak side being dominit
 So good for you and all other hunters like you.
Tank
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