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This may seem dumb but stay with me and especially ladies out there give me your thoughts.
I have hunted elk on and off over the last 15 years with my good friend and his dad being the primary group and occasionally including my dad and brother when they could draw tags along with us.
The last few years have been primarily truck camps with wall tents/trailers, a cook tent and pretty comfortable conditions and then using 4 wheelers/SxS to get into elk country and hiking from there. 3 years ago when my son turned 12 I started brining him along and the last two years he has had a tag in his pocket when he goes. He has loved hanging out with "the Guys" and it has been fun watching him mature and get educated on being a part of camp.
This year my daughter turned 12. . .
My oldest son has been hunting with me since about 10 months old, getting carried in a kid carrier for pheasant hunts, sitting in the blind duck, walking the trap line, you name it, he's been by my side and lives and breathes hunting. My daughter has been more give and take. She has always been invited but rarely accepted an invitation until last year when she decided to go deer hunting and harvested a smaller Muley buck. She really enjoyed the hunt and has already made sure I have a tag for this year for her to go deer hunting.
A few weeks go as I packed to head out for archery elk she casually asked me when she gets to come to elk camp, and it caught me off guard as she had never really expressed an interest. Then I got to thinking, do I take my daughter to elk camp with the guys??
Now to be clear our camp is nothing bad we aren't discussing anything off color, but we have some drinks at night and language isn't PG by any means, and then there are names and words thrown around at each other that most likely wouldn't be used if a 12 year old girl was present,
I'm not Saint and she has probably heard every word in the book at home while I've worked on vehicles or remodel projects but it's fewer and farther between than with 3-5 guys in camp giving each other crap. We run a good camp and set up decent privacy for showering and a toilet situation, but again a woman may find it disgusting all the same.
The other factor is, if her and her brother are in camp together for a week there is bound to be some bickering. Nothing new to me but possibly annoying to others.
So what are your thoughts? Would you have an issue if your buddy brought his daughter to a camp that has been just guys?
I bought her a point this year, and have the option to take her along in future years or take he on a father daughter hunt. I also have an aunt that has always hunted deer and never gone elk hunting even though her husband goes every year that I am considering having buy a point and I could take them both out on a hunt in the future.
Am I Over thinking it? Just clear it with the guys and let camp adjust?
I have hunted elk on and off over the last 15 years with my good friend and his dad being the primary group and occasionally including my dad and brother when they could draw tags along with us.
The last few years have been primarily truck camps with wall tents/trailers, a cook tent and pretty comfortable conditions and then using 4 wheelers/SxS to get into elk country and hiking from there. 3 years ago when my son turned 12 I started brining him along and the last two years he has had a tag in his pocket when he goes. He has loved hanging out with "the Guys" and it has been fun watching him mature and get educated on being a part of camp.
This year my daughter turned 12. . .
My oldest son has been hunting with me since about 10 months old, getting carried in a kid carrier for pheasant hunts, sitting in the blind duck, walking the trap line, you name it, he's been by my side and lives and breathes hunting. My daughter has been more give and take. She has always been invited but rarely accepted an invitation until last year when she decided to go deer hunting and harvested a smaller Muley buck. She really enjoyed the hunt and has already made sure I have a tag for this year for her to go deer hunting.
A few weeks go as I packed to head out for archery elk she casually asked me when she gets to come to elk camp, and it caught me off guard as she had never really expressed an interest. Then I got to thinking, do I take my daughter to elk camp with the guys??
Now to be clear our camp is nothing bad we aren't discussing anything off color, but we have some drinks at night and language isn't PG by any means, and then there are names and words thrown around at each other that most likely wouldn't be used if a 12 year old girl was present,
I'm not Saint and she has probably heard every word in the book at home while I've worked on vehicles or remodel projects but it's fewer and farther between than with 3-5 guys in camp giving each other crap. We run a good camp and set up decent privacy for showering and a toilet situation, but again a woman may find it disgusting all the same.
The other factor is, if her and her brother are in camp together for a week there is bound to be some bickering. Nothing new to me but possibly annoying to others.
So what are your thoughts? Would you have an issue if your buddy brought his daughter to a camp that has been just guys?
I bought her a point this year, and have the option to take her along in future years or take he on a father daughter hunt. I also have an aunt that has always hunted deer and never gone elk hunting even though her husband goes every year that I am considering having buy a point and I could take them both out on a hunt in the future.
Am I Over thinking it? Just clear it with the guys and let camp adjust?
