Gellar
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Hunting and fishing are full of annual family traditions, what is yours, What was it, or what do you hope it becomes?
Three traditions I remember as a kid are:
1. We went camping in a small pop up camper almost every weekend from Memorial Day to October. we would go to a campground in SW Wisconsin that would let us camp and keep the boat in the water right outside our camper. The first camping trip of the year though was always during turkey season in April or May and mom stayed home. It was just dad and 3 boys for 2 nights. We called the weekend “roughing it” because we brought a tent and didn’t stay at a campground. We had to build or own fire pit and cooked with the cast iron skillet right on the coals.
2. When I was 6 or 7 we started going to Voyaguers National park with our family and grandma and grandpa would come too. Every year over the 4th of July we would stay in a cabin there. My dad knew a guy and we would have a big shore lunch with him and his family at least once. There would be 20-25 people at shore lunch.
3. Started out as opening weekend of pheasant season but then the population become non existent and we switched to deer hunting. we would all stay at my aunt and uncles and hunt all day everyday of opening weekend.
Now that I have my own kids I am hoping to be able to start traditions with my 2 kids. I would like to start doing a traditional trip/weekend with each of them. As a family we already go to Canada each year fishing and staying at a cabin.
Three traditions I remember as a kid are:
1. We went camping in a small pop up camper almost every weekend from Memorial Day to October. we would go to a campground in SW Wisconsin that would let us camp and keep the boat in the water right outside our camper. The first camping trip of the year though was always during turkey season in April or May and mom stayed home. It was just dad and 3 boys for 2 nights. We called the weekend “roughing it” because we brought a tent and didn’t stay at a campground. We had to build or own fire pit and cooked with the cast iron skillet right on the coals.
2. When I was 6 or 7 we started going to Voyaguers National park with our family and grandma and grandpa would come too. Every year over the 4th of July we would stay in a cabin there. My dad knew a guy and we would have a big shore lunch with him and his family at least once. There would be 20-25 people at shore lunch.
3. Started out as opening weekend of pheasant season but then the population become non existent and we switched to deer hunting. we would all stay at my aunt and uncles and hunt all day everyday of opening weekend.
Now that I have my own kids I am hoping to be able to start traditions with my 2 kids. I would like to start doing a traditional trip/weekend with each of them. As a family we already go to Canada each year fishing and staying at a cabin.