feel left out

[charlie cleveland]

in the morning is the season opener on the youth deer hunt its the first time inover 14 years i ve not been on this hunt taking one of my grandkids deer hunting..i have two boys that are over 15 years of age got two boys that dont want to hunt deer and one boy that too young...got a grand daughter thats going tommorrow but her dads going with her gosh i feel left out.... to ease the pain i just drug out the old parker 10 gauge got out the chamber mates gona shoot some walmart brand low power and go squirl hunting in the morning...well thats life for you i guess them boys and girls just gota grow up but hey not so fast....hope nobody else is in this position...ha charlie

[Rick Losey]

try to have a good day out Charlie,

i am a bird hunter, i've gone out for deer with the flintlock, but its not a big draw for me

of my three kids, one daughter doesn't hunt. the other daughter hunts deer sometimes, my son is a die hard bow hunter.

I keep hoping one of the grandchildren will take to the uplands(they are very young yet), but between bird numbers and the competition for kid's time and attentions - not sure it will happen.

[Russ Jackson]

Boy Charlie ,talking about them growing up fast , My Daughter has been taking College courses at a community college but will be moving out to her own apartment at the end of November to start at a new Campus ! Not sure just how we got here so fast ! She doesn't hunt but does enjoy the game I get as table Fare !

[Justin Julian]

I have difficulty finding youngsters who have much interest in hunting these days. It seems like the vast majority of kids now have no interest in living what Teddy Roosevelt described as "the strenuous life", even if upland bird hunting isn't really all that strenuous. So many are addicted to on-line video gaming. I had my 15 year old nephew from Connecticut with me for most of the summer and no matter what shooting, four wheeling, hiking, fishing, etc., activity we were engaged in here in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, he just couldn't wait to get back to the house to log onto his video gaming site and play at it for hours. I was shocked to later learn how common that is amongst teenagers and young adults these days; they even have a name for the addiction and expensive specialized clinics to treat it. That video gaming thing is starting to feel like the scourge of the 21st century...oops, there I go again, starting to sound like my grandmother did back in the 80s.

[Eldon Goddard]

I love video games as much as anybody, but it is a poor substitute for being in the great outdoors. Especially while carrying an Parker. I would agree that people, of all ages, get a little to obsessed with MMO video games.

[calvin humburg]

Charlie, sometimes a fellow gets lonely. Got Jett a pickup last sunday he's off hunting with a buddy. Me and ol BoJack en Sam may head out later if I get my drywall seems sanded.

Ah Russ I know how u fell my daughtar is a senior. Crapper just the other day she was leading me around by my little fingure. ch