Huntindog45
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Take a Kid fishing.
I introduced myself to all of you a couple months ago and told you the story about losing my 8 year old son Wyatt. Well tomorrow is the one year anniversary of his death. I am so sad. But what I want to share is the amazing times we had together. I hunt often. I am blessed to be married to an amazing woman who gets that hunting is what makes me who I am. As such I have a pretty damn good hall pass. I have always believed that there was no excuse to not take my boys hunting and fishing with me as much as possible. Sure there have been trips that were too long, or too extensive to involve the boys but for the most part if it was semi local, and they didn't miss too much school. They went with me. I have taken both my sons hunting in a jogging stroller. They have caught fish adults dream of, they have hunted ducks with me on days you can only imagine. They have fly fished, jigged, trolled, and fought fish in the corners of North America. I love those memories. I am certain I missed out on some opportunities to bag an animal because i had a 4 year old in tow. But I don't care. The animals I was able to shoot, the fish i was able to catch and the pictures I was able to take are all worth anything I sacrificed to have that time with my sons. My oldest son Shane is already a pretty bad ass hunter and fisherman. He will be teaching us how to be successful soon. He is that good. It is scary. When we go on offshore boats he ends up out fishing everyone. We are applying all over the western US to try and get him an elk this year. I like our chances. If we draw nothing we will go to Oregon for archery season and hunt hard.
We are losing hunting and fishing in America through attrition. yes there are some demographics where it is increasing but generally every year there are less hunting licenses sold. So on this day when I am feeling pretty sad I ask a favor. Take a kid fishing, sign them up for a hunter safety class, take them to the range, shoot some arrows, or go for a scouting drive for this years big game season. Get a kid in the field.
Thanks for taking a minute or two to read this. I hope the big game gods are good to all of you and you are all getting amazing notices in the mail soon with dream tags attached. Be safe, hug your kids and your family and live like there is no tomorrow.
I introduced myself to all of you a couple months ago and told you the story about losing my 8 year old son Wyatt. Well tomorrow is the one year anniversary of his death. I am so sad. But what I want to share is the amazing times we had together. I hunt often. I am blessed to be married to an amazing woman who gets that hunting is what makes me who I am. As such I have a pretty damn good hall pass. I have always believed that there was no excuse to not take my boys hunting and fishing with me as much as possible. Sure there have been trips that were too long, or too extensive to involve the boys but for the most part if it was semi local, and they didn't miss too much school. They went with me. I have taken both my sons hunting in a jogging stroller. They have caught fish adults dream of, they have hunted ducks with me on days you can only imagine. They have fly fished, jigged, trolled, and fought fish in the corners of North America. I love those memories. I am certain I missed out on some opportunities to bag an animal because i had a 4 year old in tow. But I don't care. The animals I was able to shoot, the fish i was able to catch and the pictures I was able to take are all worth anything I sacrificed to have that time with my sons. My oldest son Shane is already a pretty bad ass hunter and fisherman. He will be teaching us how to be successful soon. He is that good. It is scary. When we go on offshore boats he ends up out fishing everyone. We are applying all over the western US to try and get him an elk this year. I like our chances. If we draw nothing we will go to Oregon for archery season and hunt hard.
We are losing hunting and fishing in America through attrition. yes there are some demographics where it is increasing but generally every year there are less hunting licenses sold. So on this day when I am feeling pretty sad I ask a favor. Take a kid fishing, sign them up for a hunter safety class, take them to the range, shoot some arrows, or go for a scouting drive for this years big game season. Get a kid in the field.
Thanks for taking a minute or two to read this. I hope the big game gods are good to all of you and you are all getting amazing notices in the mail soon with dream tags attached. Be safe, hug your kids and your family and live like there is no tomorrow.
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