Bitten By The Hunting Bug

[bigwheelzip]

I was surprised last year when my granddaughter and her father decided to "try" hunting, after shooting clays together for a couple of years. Surprised because nobody we know hunts, and its not a popular pastime on Long Island, NY, where they live.
They took a hunting course together, and tried hunting game birds last season, without success.
Well, last week they tried again, and my granddaughter bagged a bird. Now all of a sudden she's become Teddy Roosevelt, with plans to line her walls with trophy heads.
Where did my little princess go? What metamorphosis occurs as you walk through the tall grass? I am sure though, as her finger pulls the trigger to drop a trophy buck, her nails will be perfectly manicured and polished, but perhaps sporting a camo pattern.

 

[Mule Packer]

Good for her!! Sounds like her folks are raising her right!

 

[30-30remchester]

She is a heart breaker for certain. Only in America. You should be proud.

 

[da gimp]

Excellent................ A great past time for a fine young lady. Our youngest daughter shot in CMP service rifle competition from age 15, her idea, not mine. I bought her a good rifle to use.. but the rest was up to her.

May I suggest they get a good German shorthair to help their bird hunting if they have a fenced in yard? they do a great job retrieving any birds/waterfowl too if they are worked with.... They also make great pets, but I'd suggest they get a low drive/ laid back dog.

 

[islamoradamark]

she probably that good aim from you and out door sports are healthy

 

[tops]

Where did my little princess go? What metamorphosis occurs as you walk through the tall grass? /QUOTE]

It's one of those things that if you have to ask you won't understand. Larry

 

[bigwheelzip]

May I suggest they get a good German shorthair to help their bird hunting if they have a fenced in yard? they do a great job retrieving any birds/waterfowl too if they are worked with.... They also make great pets, but I'd suggest they get a low drive/ laid back dog.

Thank you. I will tell her. It's all new to her, and there is zero help available from anyone we know. She's a very hard working and determined young woman, so I don't doubt that she will need the services of a taxidermist in the near future.

 

[fat tom]

Contact "Women in the Outdoors" through the NWTF. She will find a few kindred spirits. She will also find many opportunities to pursue a variety of hunting experiences!

Women in the Outdoors Program

f.t.

 

[snuffy51]

Great!

Now she will "always have something to do". Boredom has messed up a lot of people.

 

[walkinghorse]

Similar to what fat tom noted Iowa has a outdoors program for women, BOW.

Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW)

 

[vonn]

Hunting will ground her in reality and give her a perspective on the world that not enough people have today. Encourage her and maybe check it out yourself as hunting together builds strong lifetime bonds. Glad to hear she is interested!

 

[arjay]

No one in my family hunted as far as I know,but I sure wanted to.So I just did.Had no idea I needed licenses and such [emoji16]

 

[bigwheelzip]

No one in my family hunted as far as I know,but I sure wanted to.So I just did.Had no idea I needed licenses and such [emoji16]

Very funny! Got a good giggle from that. Her dad is PD, and he makes sure everything is done strictly by the book.

 

[birdshooter]

Wonderful! This country needs more of this. I am a self taught hunter. No one in my family before me hunted and I learned it all by doing. I had some good advice and met some great people over the years. Hunting has made my life more fulfilling and I think a lot of folks would benefit from time in the outdoors.

 

[les.b]

We are really happy for you bigwheelzip, I believe from your previous posts that you are a native born New Yorker, transplanted to SC, so I'm sure you know better than I, but it is my understanding that New York State has excellent hunting, once you get away from the metropolis. I'm sure that you have every reason to be proud of your Princess!!! After all, hunting is the sport of the nobility!!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[RSBH44]

Upland game bird hunting for a first time hunter with sporting clays experience is perfect for starters. I agree, there isn't a ton of hunting opportunities on Long Island but if I remember correctly, you have excellent waterfowl hunting around Long Island sound among other locations down there!

 

[meaneyedcatz]

One of our daughters was a quite, shy tenderhearted you lady.
She met a boy who turned into a boyfriend.
She took a hunter education course.
The boy turner into a fiancé.
She got her first deer.
Those two are now married and hunt together.

This same young girl covered her ears when our hockey team scored a goal and buried her head into her mothers lap when there was a fight on the ice. She now guts and skins her deer.

 

[bigwheelzip]

One of our daughters was a quite, shy tenderhearted young lady. ..... She now guts and skins her deer.

Exactly. She used to talk in shy whispers and cry if her baby brother got disciplined.
It's strains my imagination to picture her gutting a deer. But she's blossomed into a fine young woman and I wouldn't change a thing about her.

 

[model70hunter]

Nice choice of hobbies for the young lady. Being outdoors hunting and shooting is pretty hard to beat.

My Brothers 2nd Daughter, hje no sons, has always shot his ammo, some years ago he bought her a 243, she just took her 3rd buck in a row last weekend. All were 8 pointers or better. One day she said she was going to deer hunt and so far has done as well as her Dad who is world famous locally.

 

[joeintexas]

Sounds like you did good with that one. We raised 5 kids, 3 girls, 2 boys. Both boys hunt and fish but only the oldest daughter hunts. She has rifle hunted for years but this year tried her hand at bow hunting...the little stink got a buck and a hog both! Gonna be tough to be around her now!