BeDawg
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I am trying to do what I can to facilitate a love of hunting in my 5 year old daughter. I feel that so-many meaningless activities already compete with our kids.
I live is SLC and the outdoors are more and more distant the closer you live to a lot of people. Nevertheless, any chance we get we are outside.
I have yet to get her a BB gun or a bow. Still teaching her to shoot fake ones. I am thinking about buying her a Red Ryder sometime this year. I got my first one when I was 6. I then got a pellet gun at 8, .22 at 12 and .243 for my first deer hunt at 14.
What are some fun ideas of gettting them and keeping them involved. My friend started with balloons on the target with his kids and their BB guns. The balloons popping will explode and help keep them interested. This "immediate gratification" is good to keep them interested. He then graduated his daughter to shooting high powered rifles in time at milk jugs full of water to watch them explode. She got her first deer this year on his mentor tag. What has worked for you?
I live is SLC and the outdoors are more and more distant the closer you live to a lot of people. Nevertheless, any chance we get we are outside.
I have yet to get her a BB gun or a bow. Still teaching her to shoot fake ones. I am thinking about buying her a Red Ryder sometime this year. I got my first one when I was 6. I then got a pellet gun at 8, .22 at 12 and .243 for my first deer hunt at 14.
What are some fun ideas of gettting them and keeping them involved. My friend started with balloons on the target with his kids and their BB guns. The balloons popping will explode and help keep them interested. This "immediate gratification" is good to keep them interested. He then graduated his daughter to shooting high powered rifles in time at milk jugs full of water to watch them explode. She got her first deer this year on his mentor tag. What has worked for you?