Plan on getting my son in a tree with me this next fall. He just turned 9 at the end of December, and he’s been fun hunting for several years.
Planning to buy another saddle and let him use my Mantis. Going to practice all summer and get him used to shooting his bow from an elevated position as well as just getting used to climbing and hanging.
I bought him a Hoyt Klash last summer so he could start shooting and build up to Legal draw weight. Tipped the scales at 3 lbs over legal just last week.
Anyway, I agree that hanging in multi-trunk trees will be ideal. Keeps you close to them for assistance as needed, and it will also help conceal what is inevitably going to be more movement. I also plan to climb first and set up a lifeline, just to be safe. I want to get into DRT some this year as well, but I’m not sure how that will work with him along. Haven’t really thought through that too much, so I’ll probably use my full-length Hawk Helium’s with him to make the steps more manageable.
If you come up with any tips/tricks not already on this thread be sure and revisit to pass on the knowledge to those learning at the same time! I’m always looking to better ways of doing anything.
I think getting our youngens involved in this as early as safely possible is awesome! Even if they don’t have interest in killing, some of my most enjoyable times in the woods are more around the experiences without a kill. Heck, let the kids ‘shoot em’ with a camera if nothing else! Then the experience and memory can live on!
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