I got to take my 4 year old on his first hunt! It was supposed to be easy, focus on quality and not kill as success. Well I see animals and get wound up, end up crossing swamp, beaver dam, alders for an hour to get to the animals.
He made me proud, I was trying to hold alders open for him to get through, he kept saying I got it dad, I don’t need help. Zero complaints, whining, nothing the entire time we were stalking and packing out. Mom is getting both knees replaced after college sports injuries tore her up, we took it slow and I scouted the route out as we went to save her back tracking.
One really priceless moment was when my wife was getting ready to shoot and I put his muffs on, he starts making noises because it sounds funny with muffs on. Wife is lining up, I’m coaching, hear this ooooohhh, ahhhhhg, weeeeee. Shhhhh, quiet. Turn around, ooooohhh, ahhhhh. Decided my trying to quiet him was louder than him goofing so I told her to take the shot when he stepped out. Rem 260, 140 Nos PT worked great.
Awesome trip, favorite hunt ever. 2 heavy trips out and we were headed back to camp.
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