Teaching kids to hunt

[iDABhunt]

How do you feel about teaching a child to hunt? NY allows special seasons for teaching our kids, do you take advantage for the promotion of our heritage, our love of the field and the hunt?

[wztirem]

I have mentored my sons and five of my nephews. Unfortunately, all are either away at school,consumed by work, controlled by their girlfriends or some other constraint upon their time; which makes it very difficult for them to find time to hunt. For the past several years my son and several of my nephews have hunted Thanksgiving morning with a modicum of success.

[Bleitten04]

I voted that Yes I have tought other kids to hunt.  I figured it was most accurate as it wasn't really a kid.  It was one of my best friends which I took out turkey hunting.  He really enjoyed it even though he wasn't hunting, he was just there for the sight.  This was two springs ago and by the time deer season came around he had his license and a gun!!!!  Now we will probably be lifetime hunting partners. 

[TheHunter]

No kids, yet.  But got my brother-in-law and his son hunting... Also my cousin and my brother.

[apertureguy]

I take kids out into the woods all the time. ???

LOL...ok that just sounds creepy. But if I added that I also have a gun with me, it sounds even worse!

But seriously, I do enjoy teaching kids how to hunt, read a trail, dress a kill. Both my daughters can shoot very well, using a variety of weapons. They're just busy being teenagers and aren't as interested in it as I am.

[bushnell]

I took out my brother in law (before he was my brother in law) and I took out my sister's step son last year. In a couple of years I will be taking out my own kids (God willing). I always like to start them off small game. For one you see more animals and two it teaches them to sit, be patient and to be quite.

[apertureguy]

Yeah, small game is great for teaching. Always plenty of action and when they mess up...you don't have to watch in disappointment as that flag heads off into the distance. All you need to do is send them around the tree so the Bushy Tail shows up on your side.

[JGaruti3]

I am in the process of introducing other adults to hunting...so I think teaching kids should not be an issue.  These adults are just like kids that I have been teaching!