Taking a girl to elk camp. . .

You take your daughter hunting. That’s it. I get talking to your buddies but they are a-holes if they have a problem with it. I wish my daughter would want to hunt with me. She said she wanted to briefly, I bought her a 6 creedmoor and got it set up then she lost all interest in it. That’s fine though we still make memories together, I’ve been sitting at a volleyball tournament all day with her today, but I’d sure love if she would go hunting with me. Consider yourself very lucky that she’s interested in it and wants to go.
 
Ask and respect your friends wishes about bringing any new members to the group. If needed start a new camp with your children. You bred them. Teach them right. Your friends will be there to hunt with when you have time to play with them later if thats how it plays out. As far as needing to step it up to keep up with your kids, thats good for you, enjoy the motivation.
 
Mirroring what others have said, take her!

My sister took to hunting as a teenager. She had accompanied us for years but hadn't had much interest in pulling the trigger until she turned 16. She's 20 now, and unfortunately, college and a pretty full work schedule hold her back more than she wants, but she's welcome anytime she's able to go-And she comes virtually any time she is able. Her coming has absolutely added to the experience for our entire hunting party. I'm 25 and not once has my sister being there been a problem for anyone I hunt with. If it were, it would mean they were no longer a friend.
 
Agree with all the previous, but in addition consider that camp might be better with your kids there. It could be awesome. You don't want to miss out on the small amount of time we get them to do things with us before they leave as young adults.
 
I could not imagine one of my friends asking to take his daughter on a trip and it bothering me. In case you need to hear it for the 30th time: if they object, you just got saved a bad friend group.

Take her. I think good manners tells the group ahead of time, but I would just tell them, I wouldn’t ask.
 
She is YOUR daughter. There shouldn’t be any questions/doubts. If you think she might feel uncomfortable with anything then you’ve been doing something wrong at “Elk Camp”
 
I’m a young dad with an 8 year old daughter and she’s obsessed. She has yet to come to camp as we backpack in most of the time. When she turns 10 I’ll do a wall tent camp and dedicate the time with her, and if my buddies want to come they can but it will be different. Easy on the bottle and easy on the language. You taking her comes before you being selfish with your current camp situations. IMO. She’s only young for so long, make that time a priority.
 
If you are leary of taking her, schedule an easy whitetail hunt asap in the Southeast where licenses are cheap and deer plentiful.
See how she likes it.
 
The only time I ever regretted bringing our kid was the one year we went to Maine snowshoe hare hunting.

The trip was a bit much for my daughter at age 9..

The other members (“friends”) in our group did NOT adjust for a kid being there and it really created an awkward situation. Drinking, swearing, bad conversations… there was no filter from them. They were really testing my patience.

Looking back, we should have just left.
 
I’d ask your buddies depending on “who’s” camp it is.

We’ve never had women in our elk camp. And it isn’t that any of us are doing anything too bad, a little cussing around the domino table, a few drinks but no drunks, dudes scratching their nuts, the occasional joke of a nature I wouldn’t tell around a teenage girl or probably any girl besides my wife.

But it isn’t just my camp, there’s about 10 of us that are every year diehards who always schedule work off and plan a big part of our lives around the trip to elk camp. It may be the only vacation some of us get and guys like to cut loose a little and just hang with the guys. And for the record boys don’t get to come until they’re old enough to hear a dirty joke and maybe have a beer they aren’t allowed to tell Mom about.

Absolutely take your kids hunting, regardless of their sex. But there might be a right place and right time that doesn’t involve making it awkward for anyone or causing a rift with any friends. Worst case scenario you get to go on an extra hunting trip with your daughter.
 
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