Another one quits.

pa mt man

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My sixteen year old informed me yesterday that she was not going to hunt this year. That makes 3 of 6 kids between me and moreammo that have quit and one more that will stop when we have done a muley hunt we are saving points for. I'm 50 now and he is 25 and I had to TELL him I sending in the money and please go on this hunt with me as I'll be about 55 when we draw and I'd like him to go because I'll be close to 68 before we have enought points to go agian.
She said she didn't see anything last year,thats why she doesn't want to go.She only hunted 1 and 1/2 days. She got a big doe the year before and missed some the year before that.
I know the real reason after talking to my wife. Peer pressure. My wife says the her friends at school tell her she is not to talk about hunting and tell her they don't know how she could do such a thing. Thats what makes me mad and sad.
don
 
This is a tough thing and I really dont have any answers. My boys caught and do catch heck from the wackos at school who do not understand what the outdoors mean to them.

I had a talk with one of my boys when he asked why he didnt have any real friends at school. I told him that it is because he is his own person and doesnt follow what the others like. He said that if he didnt discuss the hunting he loves he could have some. I told him that true friends wouldnt expect him to give it up to please them. ;)

So all I can say is to love them which I know you already do.
 
I sure hope you can talk her into it, it's not the girls conversations she will remember when she gets older, it will be this hunt...Sorry for the disagrements in your house...
 
That is sad for sure Don. I hope she will be able to go with you on the hunt. The memories of that will outweigh the memories of the so called friends.
 
None of my four kids hunt, so now I am pinning my hopes on my grandkids. Saturday, I was over at my daughter's house and my other daughter brought our 7 month old Grandson over. He was very observant. I made a comment about it and my daughter said it was so. She than said he was very patient. I thinking observant and patient, I may still have a chance.
Our world has changed and not for the better as far as our way of life. My kids, didn't like the idea of killing and sometimes I don't either, but if you hunt, it's all part of it.
It is tough when you kid's don't pickup your passion, but they our individuals and they have to decide what they like and dislike or chose not to do. I love my kids and am proud of them, they are good people.
That being said, I like helping people new to hunting, it helps to fuel my own passion for something I dearly love. Good Luck, JLG.
 
Don you just keep on leading by example and see what happens. She has the skills and the know how; that is the most important thing.
 

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