My Son's First Hunt

86er · Post by **86er** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:53 pm

I took my 3 1/2 year old boy Brandon to Ricky's house. While we were shooting he wanted in on the action. Ricky has a Cricket Rifle that Piller generously loaned him. We let Brandon shoot some Super Calibre .22's. Later, we went to our new propery that is shared with Ricky, CRS, Jim S and I. We tried fishing but did not get anything. Luck was on our side. Brandon was able to shoot two Texas Cottontails! A very proud kid and parent are pictured below:

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:59 pm

He's so cute! That is so awesome! Congrats to Brandon! I know you are super proud!
Sandy

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:01 pm

Awesome!

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:20 pm

Congratulation to Brandon! That was one of the best hunts I've ever been on, to see a young man find success hunting is marvelous. Joe your doing a great job raising a fine boy, good job to both of you.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:21 pm

Cute... Gotta Love Crickets & Super Colibir's...

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:12 pm

Good on both of you. Joe, even though he's only three and a half years old, he's got your stoic pose for the camera down.

cnjarvis · Post by **cnjarvis** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:33 pm

Awesome Joe!

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:05 am

Did he ever turn loose those rabbits, looks like a death grip to me.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:11 am

Congrats,the pictures are priceless.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:43 am

Congratulations!

Looks like he's well on the way to choosing his profession.

dkmlever · Post by **dkmlever** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:17 am

What a wonderful time spent with your son.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:29 am

bsaride wrote:Did he ever turn loose those rabbits, looks like a death grip to me.

Pretty cool Joe!!

jb

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:29 am

Way to Go...

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:46 am

Joe -

Starting him off right!

I started Y2K off with a .22 and .22 Colibri's. Now look what I have on my hands - every time I bring home a new gun he asks "am I going to get that now... or later?"!!!

alnitak · Post by **alnitak** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:52 am

Congratulations, Joe. A real chip off the old block!

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:11 am

Cool! A chip off the old block! Such memories!

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:18 am

AWESOME!

huntress · Post by **huntress** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:40 am

Lindsay says that is so cool! She is very proud of him. Amazing accomplishment for someone so young!

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:49 am

VERY AWESOME.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:16 pm

Good for you Joe. He looks like he enjoyed it a lot. Love those pics.

Joe

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:34 pm

Congratulations

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:14 pm

He's a natural!

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:06 pm

3 1/2! What took you so long?

Seriously, you're wife must be very beautiful for your son to be so cute

OK, I'll stop - good on you dad - really - a great day for both of you! Bet Ricky really enjoyed that too.

Gotta frame that pic.

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:31 pm

Brandon, I now refer to him as 92er ( small frame 86

), even has his father's smile.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:37 pm

Congrats to both father AND son!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:54 pm

Way to go Brandon! That's some mighty good shooting!

piller · Post by **piller** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:57 pm

Great job, Joe. You are teaching Brandon right. By the way, that crickett rifle is plenty accurate, isn't it? It really pleases me to see it being used instead of just sitting in a closet since my son has outgrown it. Since it is stainless and composite, I am betting it will still be looking just as good as it does now when he teaches his kid(s) to shoot with it, whenever that is.

papabear · Post by **papabear** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:12 pm

Congratulations to Branden
Joe that is grate glad to see he's doing so good down there in Texas

Mike Rintoul · Post by **Mike Rintoul** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:52 pm

Good job Kiddo! Joe - he has your stoic look in trophy photos! I'm sorry I cannot send any appropriate ammo for the little guy, YET. I guess his hanging out with Craig Boddington paid off! Congratulations!

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:11 pm

Nearly missed this! Well done Brandon and pop's

Nath.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:27 pm

RKrodle wrote:Brandon, I now refer to him as 92er ( small frame 86 ), even has his father's smile.

Joe - you need to grab that moniker now and save it for him here on the forum!

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