Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: loosanarrow]
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10/19/21 11:17 PM
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if the death part is your concern , they get it way better than a lot of adults.
we were butchering chickens with the kids around , around heck they pulled up their little law chairs to watch that was at a friends place we were doing cull hens and annoying roosters
we had yard birds when they were a touch older one day the neighbor kid came over he is a few months older than my oldest they were the same class in school , my youngest one was about 4 at the time.
neighbor kid asks where the chickens were at , he had liked to come over and watch them, 4 year old says I ate them, neighbor kid who is about 7 at this point "nu ah , no no way " I explained we hadn't eaten them all but we had eaten about half and the rest were in the freezer for eating later. well kid leaves and comes back with his dad who I know so we had to explain chicken at the store starts like chicken in our yard white and full of feathers and that chicken on the yellow tray is the meat without the feathers.
none of my kids are ax murderers nor had bad dreams about chickens getting their necks cut even though they watched 2 out of 3 are adults attending college.
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: loosanarrow]
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10/19/21 11:28 PM
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I’d explain it before hand. The way my My grandpa explained killing caribou to me and how i did to my nephew and son is to ask them first if they like caribou meat. This is how we get caribou meat. You can’t get drymeat without killing the animal first. I explained that taking a life is a big responsibility and the least we can do is show respect for the dead animal and the meat and fur we get from them. Don’t downplay anything. Let them know exactly what you’re doing but most importantly let them know WHY. That’s my two cents
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: loosanarrow]
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10/20/21 12:09 AM
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I had a customer say to my son “Adventure with grandpa today, huh?!”. Im 51 with a 4 year old, so I guess i might have to get used to that…. yup probably going to have to get used to that or start explaining how lucky you are to have a much younger wife a friend of mine is in a symilar boat he has 2 kids in their 30s , a 21 and 18 year old and a 3 year old. story goes the vasectomy hurt too much so he stopped the DR half way well half wasn't good enough several years go by he is thinking it worked cause wife hasn't gotten pregnant and then the year his now 21 year old daughter is graduating high school his wife gets pregnant starting all over again he has grand kids older than his son. the first 2 kids were with his first wife , the last 3 are the current wife , she is a good 10-15 years younger than he is
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: loosanarrow]
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10/20/21 02:10 AM
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I had a customer say to my son “Adventure with grandpa today, huh?!”. Im 51 with a 4 year old, so I guess i might have to get used to that…. im 63 with a 7 yr old,,,he was seeing and helping at 3. Farm life. He was seeing chickens die in philippines at 18 month. He was very curious. Him at 3
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: loosanarrow]
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10/20/21 04:40 AM
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death is part of life
kids that know what death is dont play with guns
kids should know where food comes from. should be taught to respect wildlife. should be taught the role of humans in the natural world. we are the only species capable of management. its our job to manage so as to benefit all life.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
[Re: Ryan McLeod]
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10/20/21 07:33 AM
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I’d explain it before hand. The way my My grandpa explained killing caribou to me and how i did to my nephew and son is to ask them first if they like caribou meat. This is how we get caribou meat. You can’t get drymeat without killing the animal first. I explained that taking a life is a big responsibility and the least we can do is show respect for the dead animal and the meat and fur we get from them. Don’t downplay anything. Let them know exactly what you’re doing but most importantly let them know WHY. That’s my two cents Your Grandpa was a wise man.
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
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10/20/21 09:04 AM
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I had a customer say to my son “Adventure with grandpa today, huh?!”. Im 51 with a 4 year old, so I guess i might have to get used to that…. yup probably going to have to get used to that or start explaining how lucky you are to have a much younger wife a friend of mine is in a symilar boat he has 2 kids in their 30s , a 21 and 18 year old and a 3 year old. story goes the vasectomy hurt too much so he stopped the DR half way well half wasn't good enough several years go by he is thinking it worked cause wife hasn't gotten pregnant and then the year his now 21 year old daughter is graduating high school his wife gets pregnant starting all over again he has grand kids older than his son. the first 2 kids were with his first wife , the last 3 are the current wife , she is a good 10-15 years younger than he is Maybe the vasectomy worked just fine? I the possibilities. My kids killed their first two deer each when they were 7. I wouldn't let them deer hunt until they could consistently kill squirrels in field positions so they were personally killing squirrels before that. I can't remember their ages now. My 9 year old has killed 7 deer and 11 year old 9 so far. The 11 year old would have many more but it setting selective. I have no clue how many squirrels, birds, or animals in traps they have dispatched at this point. All they want to do is hunt fish and shoot. Bows, guns, slingshot, knife throwing. Anything that moves a projectile. They are better outdoorsman at their ages than I was in my 20s.
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
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10/20/21 09:22 AM
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Providence Farm , the boy is his looks just like all his other kids
he knows he only took the shell out of one barrel , then finally got around to pulling the second trigger and got a surprise.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Is age 4-1/2 too young?
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10/20/21 09:28 AM
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Raised in NJ in the 50's we could not do anything until 12. But I walked with my dad and maybe three times he pointed his double 12 and lowered it to my level to shoot a sitting rabbit 10 or so yards away. Now I am bald, there must be some connection......jk
Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter
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