elks96
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So I am sitting here a full 15 hours ahead of the 9:00 am opening for the left over sales in CO. I got to thinking, when I compare my father and hunting when I was a kid to what I do now, they hardly seem alike. The obsessing, planning, scouting, work outs, gear, etc. Is crazy compared to walking out the week before shooting a box and hunting.
With that in mind, how screwed up or crazy will our kids be? My 7 year old thinks it is normal to scout for weeks (34 days last year and 19 this year).
He has totally normalized sitting in line over night for a chance to get a tag. He has normalized taking a bath in a cold mountain stream, he has normalized 4 wheeling, sitting at a scope for hours, etc.
Last year he figured out that a good hunt usually means 3-5 miles. Etc.
So with this becoming his norm, how will he and other kids like him seek to push the limits? Not talking technology, but what is it the next generation will be doing that we have not?
What will he do on his own that leaves me scratching my head and saying damn son that was awesome?
With that in mind, how screwed up or crazy will our kids be? My 7 year old thinks it is normal to scout for weeks (34 days last year and 19 this year).
He has totally normalized sitting in line over night for a chance to get a tag. He has normalized taking a bath in a cold mountain stream, he has normalized 4 wheeling, sitting at a scope for hours, etc.
Last year he figured out that a good hunt usually means 3-5 miles. Etc.
So with this becoming his norm, how will he and other kids like him seek to push the limits? Not talking technology, but what is it the next generation will be doing that we have not?
What will he do on his own that leaves me scratching my head and saying damn son that was awesome?