03-09-2006, 01:21 PM
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I think a big part of that is due to the extreme lack of pheasant hunting that was abundant when I was a young kid.
I thought you said you didn't like the idea of young kid's being able to hunt.
I don't see the problem if I am sitting on a hill in a chair with my son, pointing out rabbits for him to shoot at with his single shot .22. Teaching him to make clean safe shots.
(I read somewhere if you go out and sit on a high spot in an area where you know there are rabbits, they will eventualy start moving and then you can see them and shoot them, but I've tried it once and not had any luck.)
I can see an increased potential for danger (realizing that there is always potential for danger) when a younger kid is walking around prepareing to flush up birds, and gets tunnel vision and forgets about everything but swinging on the bird. Perhaps this is why there is the "comunication without electronics" rule, if a youngster is trained not to shoot if someone yells "don't shoot" this can REDUCE some of the danger.
I will probably not be taking my son out to Farmigton Bay with a shotgun on opening day until he gets a little older though, there would be to many distractions.
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I think a big part of that is due to the extreme lack of pheasant hunting that was abundant when I was a young kid.
I thought you said you didn't like the idea of young kid's being able to hunt.
I don't see the problem if I am sitting on a hill in a chair with my son, pointing out rabbits for him to shoot at with his single shot .22. Teaching him to make clean safe shots.
(I read somewhere if you go out and sit on a high spot in an area where you know there are rabbits, they will eventualy start moving and then you can see them and shoot them, but I've tried it once and not had any luck.)
I can see an increased potential for danger (realizing that there is always potential for danger) when a younger kid is walking around prepareing to flush up birds, and gets tunnel vision and forgets about everything but swinging on the bird. Perhaps this is why there is the "comunication without electronics" rule, if a youngster is trained not to shoot if someone yells "don't shoot" this can REDUCE some of the danger.
I will probably not be taking my son out to Farmigton Bay with a shotgun on opening day until he gets a little older though, there would be to many distractions.
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