Moose Droppings

Passing on the Tradition

Oct 30, 2006 @ 10:00 pm by Moose

I’m a big supporter of introducing youth to hunting ( Amber , Jordan, & Youth Pheasant Hunt )
and I try to take every opportunity to pass on the tradition. I encourage others to do the same and I’m glad to see writers and newspapers encouraging the same. I enjoyed reading Ken Bailey’s article from the Village Soup out of Maine. It’s great to see that family traditions are still being carried on although some traditions need not be passed on;

Yet, for every 100 good stories of parents and children sharing a valuable outdoor experience, there are still those incidents that make real hunters cringe. One took place in Knox County on youth hunting day.
This incident, reported to officials, involved a truck with an adult and a junior hunter inside. The driver of the vehicle drove down a private road that had visible “No Hunting” signs on both sides of the road. A deer was spotted in a field that was also ringed with “No Hunting” signs. The truck stopped, the youngster stuck his rifle out the window and shot at the deer.
When confronted by the irate landowner, the adult said he didn’t see any “No Hunting” signs, and besides, this was Youth Deer Hunting Day and he was “teaching the kid how to hunt.”
My response would be, “No, you’re teaching your son how to break the law.”

Be a good example and pass it on.