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Post by MIG on Dec 12, 2007 23:31:00 GMT -5
Let him shoot some on the ground for crying out loud.
Heck I shot my first goose after it landed and then walked in to my spread................and I was no kid either! Nowdays......you won't see me do that. I'm self taught. Needed that first one to eat, and make sure that it was game that I could prepare well enough for a meal, and like it.
The simple fact that the kid is in the field, and not in front of a video game at home is an accomplishment in itself. Swat the one on the ground, the interest in taking them with their brakes one will come shortly thereafter!
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Post by duckdolan on Dec 13, 2007 10:23:34 GMT -5
Let him shoot them on the ground. After he gets older, he'll get bored with shooting them off the ground. Plus, he'll see how Dad does it and learn to shoot them in the air. But for now go by the the old saying "Live like a rabbitt, die like a rabbitt."
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Post by firstwd on Dec 13, 2007 15:20:11 GMT -5
To me, you're teaching the kid to be unethical right off the bat. I'm not saying I've never done any ground pounding or water swatting, but that's not the way to start off a youngster. Teach him the right way and birds will come. Please explain how we are teaching these kids to be unethical? I have new watefowlers out every year and our intentions are to get the birds on the ground or water for the kids. If that does not work we have them take shots within 30 yards in the air. This is all done to peak their intrest and get the excitement pumping within them. Everything is done with in letter of the law, and I feel wo do a pretty fair job of adding to the ranks of the hunting community. How is that unethical?
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