Quick rant

[donnieballgame]

I'm a little jealous of you guys that had a hunting family.

My Dad never "really" hunted he would walk around with his old .308 pushing deer towards my older brothers. I'm not even sure he ever loaded it, when it was my turn I was completely on my own guess he figured he'd had enough. I learned how to field dress from a really old paper back book, wish I had that book now.

Of my 3 older brothers only one is a hunter so I get to try and drag him into the woods. Can't wait to take my boys hunting, been trying hard to get my stepdaughter to shoot a bow but she has no interest lol. I'm seriously looking at pcp guns for squirrels my oldest boy doesn't like loud noises and I don't want to hurt his enthusiasm.

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[GCTerpfan]

my oldest boy doesn't like loud noises

My oldest son was like this when he was younger. Looking back he was always sensitive to loud noises but, I didn't realize how much he didn't like them. When he got old enough to start shooting a .22 he hated shooting it but, he didn't really know why. He just told me he didn't like it. It finally clicked one day and I realized he hated loud noises and the foam ear plugs we were using didn't really fit his ears. Even the sound of a .22 was enough to make him dislike shooting. I bought him a set of ear muffs and he loved shooting his .22 after that. When he stepped up to a deer rifle we started using a different style of foam ear plugs with his ear muffs on top of that. He outgrew his sensitivity to sound by the time he was 13 or 14 and is now 17 and loves hunting, especially saddle hunting.

 

[Wego]

My dad and I clicked when we hunted, same personality and tactics. But he's gone and I hunt with my son and he's the one always late, never sure if he's going, he smells like HI KARATE?? Who does that? I love him and it's still fun but miss the days with my dad.

 

[flinginairos]

Totally feel ya @Nutterbuster My dad is the same way. I LOVE hunting with him and I am thankful he still likes to hunt. That said, he drives me absolutely nuts sometimes. I show up to his house this morning to head out for our rifle opener. It’s 6am, half hour before first light and he’s still in bed! And of course he had to make coffee, get breakfast etc lol. Gotta love it. I try not to get frustrated because I know one day he won’t be able to go any more. There is only one person I can totally rely on to help me when I get a buck down and that is my dad. I can’t say how many late night track jobs and recoveries he has been on because of me!

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[ImThere]

^^^^^ he’s probably hoping you will learn to blood track soon enough so he can finally finish a cup of damn coffee!!!!!!

Bwahahahaha
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[Vtbow]

This is a great thread, and I really enjoyed reading it.

I miss hunting with my father. Since he moved south he isnt here for the season every year. This year he was up for the first weekend of bow, but its not like we interact much during bow season...

He's retire and hunts way harder than I do. Does trips to arizona into the mountains, pronghorn hunts, elk hunts, pigs, you name it. and we're not talking drive to spots. He's so far into the mountains sometimes that that the border patrol has told him he better be carrying. He has into drug runners, border jumpers, and who knows what else. He's a walker when we hunt togerth in VT for rifle season we walk 12+ miles daily. and this is the mountain. I"m generally so sore I can barely get off the toilet the next day.

One quick story: He went hog hunting in FL--night hunting. He thought it was ridiculous, but he was itching to do something so he booked it. They gave him an AR with night vision. and a single cartridge. He said what the hell is this? They said, "what you need more than 1?" he said "no, this ugly hunk of metal with a 50lb scope. one shot is enough." They didnt see a single thing, so he was guaranteed another hunt. they went out, it was nasty and they were in the brush in a blind. He had a good eating size pig come running though fast....realy fast,through the brush. the guide apparently said wait for it to come in the open and stop(they only let you take one shot), my dad was like "Why?" he clocked it in the head running thorugh the brush. The "guide" apparently said something like(according to the guy who went with him), "I guess you really do hunt, we get a lot of people down here who say they can "shoot" and they "hunt" but most are full of BS". IT made me smile. he never sits in a stand and never has easy shots--I"ve never known hin to miss one.