Some interesting posts…
I will say that some guys seem to become “little league dads” around their kids killing deer. The line between them being pleased with their kid and them showing off to others that their kid is a deer slayer seems to be blurred at times.
feel free to pillory, as I am sure will happen, but I’ve seen this scenario play out many times. I’ve also seen it from the kid’s side, and there’s not many more unappealing things in the hunting world than a kid who has been handed success act as though it’s his own. The ones who have indeed earned it deserve it, but many don’t.
and finally, I disagree with the notion that getting a deer early is super important to keeping a hunter engaged. It’s like “get them a kill so they will keep at it.” In other realms we would likely agree that work before positive result is the right order, for some reason In hunting we want to reverse that.
I will say that some guys seem to become “little league dads” around their kids killing deer. The line between them being pleased with their kid and them showing off to others that their kid is a deer slayer seems to be blurred at times.
feel free to pillory, as I am sure will happen, but I’ve seen this scenario play out many times. I’ve also seen it from the kid’s side, and there’s not many more unappealing things in the hunting world than a kid who has been handed success act as though it’s his own. The ones who have indeed earned it deserve it, but many don’t.
and finally, I disagree with the notion that getting a deer early is super important to keeping a hunter engaged. It’s like “get them a kill so they will keep at it.” In other realms we would likely agree that work before positive result is the right order, for some reason In hunting we want to reverse that.