|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,520
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,520 |
My 8 year old starting taking a renewed interest in his compound bow saturday, hadn't shot it in about 2 months but all of a sudden he's out there shooting 3 hours a day. He asked yesterday if you could use field tips for hunting. Didn't think much of it other than being glad he was interested and spending some time out side.
About an hour ago I get a text from the wife's cell phone showing a video of about 15 goats wandering in the dirt road right behind the back yard, no idea where they came from as there isn't a pasture for a couple miles in that direction but someone's fence must be down. 15 minutes later he calls me to ask if he can shoot one because "mom said no". So I asked when he first saw them and it was saturday morning right before he found the renewed interest.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 28,379
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 28,379 |
Nice to hear of a young man setting goals for himself and having a plan to attain them. 
Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery.
Hit the target, all else is twaddle!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 45,132
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 45,132 |
Is this a case of "Always ask the other parent if the first one says NO" ?
Please, oh please let's hope he doesn't shoot a goat with a field tip from a compound bow set up for an 8 year old.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 8,745
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 8,745 |
My boy was 10 or 12 and wanted a new guitar that cost the same as a new rifle. I know how kids are, and I remember Dad spending over $100 for a used trumpet my younger brother never did learn to play.  I offered a compromise, a cheap guitar now, and the nice one after I hear a few songs played on it. I heard some bitching, but I never did hear any music!  Kids don’t come with a handbook. A parent had better have a little common sense! 7mm
"Preserving the Constitution, fighting off the nibblers and chippers, even nibblers and chippers with good intentions, was once regarded by conservatives as the first duty of the citizen. It still is." � Wesley Pruden
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 151,347
Campfire Savant
|
Campfire Savant
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 151,347 |
Sounds like a hunter to me.
|
|
|
|
|
607 members (10gaugemag, 160user, 1eyedmule, 10Glocks, 1beaver_shooter, 1badf350, 51 invisible),
2,428
guests, and
1,310
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,191,832
Posts18,478,032
Members73,948
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
|
|
