After spending some time catching up on the blogs from my blogroll, it looks like the youngsters are off to a great start in the 201o hunting season.
Up in Michigan, Arthur’s (Simply Outdoors) nephew, Tyler, scored on a nice little doe to kick off his whitetail deer season. According to Arthur’s account , while Tyler helped finish off a deer last year, this is his first solo kill.
I still remember how that felt when I was a kid, so congratulations to Tyler! Here’s to many more successful hunts!
Closer to home, my friend and fellow Skinny Moose blogger, John Martin has been keeping a chronicle of his 2010-2011 hunting season on his Western Wanderer blog. So far, the mythical blacktail buck has eluded him, but he and his daughter, Erin, have been out there giving it their best. On a recent hunt in Sonoma County, John and Erin had a couple of close encounters with feral hogs. The first shot went wild, but a few moments later, Erin connected for the one-shot kill, and her wild hog was on the ground.
Nice work, Erin! Now your dad just needs to take a lesson from you and score his own critters! Good luck over the remainder of the deer season.
That is so neat, getting kids out there and sharing with them what we’ve enjoyed for years. Good to see it still happening. And congrats to Erin.