Jaeger22
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My son, age 4 1/2, has been on hunts each of the last three years. The first time, he rode in the truck with me, while mom hunted; the second year we hiked in and he watch through a spotting scope. This year, he actually walked, looked, spotted and even stalked. He watched the whole show through the spotting scope and even "found" the downed animal when it eluded dad.
After spotting the deer at several hundred yards and setting James up to look at him through the scope, a distant ATV sent him down to the brush below his rimrock bed. It took half an hour to locate him hiding in the stunted and twisted quakies and willows growing below. We set up the scope for James, got a rock for dad and BANG.
He even tried to help "carry" him up the hill. A very valuable lesson was learned at such a young age, because on the way home I pointed to a much deeper canyon than the one from which we had to retrieve our deer. James said, "I don't want to carry one there". Wisdom at such a tender age!|oo |oo |oo |oo |oo
After spotting the deer at several hundred yards and setting James up to look at him through the scope, a distant ATV sent him down to the brush below his rimrock bed. It took half an hour to locate him hiding in the stunted and twisted quakies and willows growing below. We set up the scope for James, got a rock for dad and BANG.
He even tried to help "carry" him up the hill. A very valuable lesson was learned at such a young age, because on the way home I pointed to a much deeper canyon than the one from which we had to retrieve our deer. James said, "I don't want to carry one there". Wisdom at such a tender age!|oo |oo |oo |oo |oo
