Family hunting pics for 07-08 so far

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Family hunting pics for 07-08 so far

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My second son's first turkey. He is 6 years old.
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My oldest son's turkey this fall. He was about a week short of being 8 years old.
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My oldest son's mule deer.
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My oldest son's whitetail doe.
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My whitetail deer.
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We still have quail to look forward to and there is always a chance that the pigs will come out to play when we are there.

I hope you had as good a season as we did.
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Nice but what is the odd instument in your hand? :?:
In the High Desert of Southern Calif. ..."on the cutting edge of going back in time"...

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Great pics of the boys and their game.
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Old Savage wrote:Nice but what is the odd instument in your hand? :?:
A Steyr Scout.
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I seriously envy those boys of yours. I really do.



I come from a broken home where I had virtually no male influence, no hunting, very little masculine companionship. Mom did the best she could but I think she was afraid of men. So I feel I have been deprived of the best part of my life.

Treat those boys right, if we can hang on till they are of voting age we might have a chance.

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Boys huntiong

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Its the only way we will save hunting for future generations.If each of us took 20 kids that didnt have a chance to go hunting we could save hunting.I have taken 16 so far and I plan on taking many more.I hope your kids get to hunt with their grandkids.Hunting and fishing is something that you can do all your life.
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GREAT PICS! As always, you have achieved another great post!
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J Miller wrote:I seriously envy those boys of yours. I really do.



I come from a broken home where I had virtually no male influence, no hunting, very little masculine companionship. Mom did the best she could but I think she was afraid of men. So I feel I have been deprived of the best part of my life.

Treat those boys right, if we can hang on till they are of voting age we might have a chance.

Joe
That is one of the biggest challenges facing this nation. Yes, you were deprived but it looks like you turned out ok.
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Re: Boys huntiong

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dgr416 wrote:Its the only way we will save hunting for future generations.If each of us took 20 kids that didnt have a chance to go hunting we could save hunting.I have taken 16 so far and I plan on taking many more.I hope your kids get to hunt with their grandkids.Hunting and fishing is something that you can do all your life.
This sounds like a good idea. I've got two more of my own to take out when they are big enough. After they are grown I can think about the other 16.

When I had that Marlin out one time my two younger ones saw it and wanted to look at it. When my 22 month old girl looked at it while sitting on my lap she asked about every part.

Her: What's that?
Me: The hammer.
Her: What's that?
Me: The trigger.
Her: What's that?
Me: The front sight.
Her: What's that?
Me: The rear sight.
Her: What's that?
Me: The loading gate.
Her: What's that?
Me: The scope.
Her: What's that?
Me: The barrel band that holds the forend on.
Her: What's that?
Me: The lever.
Her: I'll shoot a deer and put it on the wall.
Me: And in your tummy, too.
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Bitmap wrote:
J Miller wrote:I seriously envy those boys of yours. I really do.



I come from a broken home where I had virtually no male influence, no hunting, very little masculine companionship. Mom did the best she could but I think she was afraid of men. So I feel I have been deprived of the best part of my life.

Treat those boys right, if we can hang on till they are of voting age we might have a chance.

Joe
That is one of the biggest challenges facing this nation. Yes, you were deprived but it looks like you turned out ok.
Thanks for the compliment, but I still don't really know how to hunt. I can shoot, got that part covered. But I'm lacking in the rest of it.

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J Miller wrote:
Bitmap wrote:
J Miller wrote:I seriously envy those boys of yours. I really do.



I come from a broken home where I had virtually no male influence, no hunting, very little masculine companionship. Mom did the best she could but I think she was afraid of men. So I feel I have been deprived of the best part of my life.

Treat those boys right, if we can hang on till they are of voting age we might have a chance.

Joe
That is one of the biggest challenges facing this nation. Yes, you were deprived but it looks like you turned out ok.
Thanks for the compliment, but I still don't really know how to hunt. I can shoot, got that part covered. But I'm lacking in the rest of it.

Joe
I don't know what to say about that. I don't know that much about hunting except for the area around my farms. I think trial and error is a good way to learn, but a mentor is better. Have you thought about calling some guides and see what they have to offer? Heck, they might even need an extra set of hands.

Have you checked to see if there are any hunting forums dedicated to your area? For example there is www.texashuntingforum.com and www.huntingtexasonline.com for Texas.
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My oldest son recently finished his enlistment in the Air Force and is working as a contractor now, supporting the war effort.

My youngest is a junior at the Air Force Academy, and an avid hunter and fisherman. He always makes the most of his time off.

My boys and I enjoying our Christmas hunt.
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This is my youngest son (KC hat) in Alaska last summer. Every summer the USAFA cadets go to an AF base for "Ops" training, last summer it was Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage.
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Same son at Texoma, while he was home on spring break.
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And at the lake by the house, also from spring break.
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Youngest with a boar hog killed Christmastime '06
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And with his first elk, killed in Oct '06. He was hunting 6 miles from camp, at roughly 10,000 elevation. Gutted, skinned, and packed the elk back to camp (3 trips) by himself.
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Ya done good Warhawk! :)
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Warhawk wrote: And with his first elk, killed in Oct '06. He was hunting 6 miles from camp, at roughly 10,000 elevation. Gutted, skinned, and packed the elk back to camp (3 trips) by himself.
That is a job!!! Congrats to him and to you for raising him.
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Awesome pics!!!! Your boys are so lucky!!![/quote]
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Bitmap wrote:
Warhawk wrote: And with his first elk, killed in Oct '06. He was hunting 6 miles from camp, at roughly 10,000 elevation. Gutted, skinned, and packed the elk back to camp (3 trips) by himself.
That is a job!!! Congrats to him and to you for raising him.
Thanks everybody, I'm pretty proud of those boys myself.

Some of the cadets at the Academy make a timed run out of the climb from the Visitors center to the top of Eagle Peak, something over 9300 ft. Just walking around at 10,000 ft is about all I can do these days, I suppose when you're young and indestructible you can do about anything.

http://yorkshome.com/Eagle%20Peak%20Challenge%20IV.htm

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock ... -peak.html
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