Sunday, September 30, 2007

Hunting With Young Adults

As many of you know I consider juveniles or youths "Young Adults" but this never even entered my mind until I started writing on the Internet. I've done alot of hunting with the young adults around the community were I growed up but have slowed down since moving here to White County, Tennessee. If you have been reading my other site and you look at my last post you'll see that I am about ready to give up on hunting altogether. Now that's not to say that my hunting career has come to an end what I am thinking about doing is working with the young adults of the communities around my area and possibly taking up a new aspect of hunting. One that will still enable me to be active in the woods and fields but will also help our heritage to survive longer and better then it has in a long time. I'm considering the possibility of maybe becoming a " Hunter Education Certification Officer " for the "State of Tennessee". Though this probably won't happen this year it is something that I've been considering for some time now as there are a great many young adults out there today that can't get the certification before the season due to the dates or transportation or no parent/buddy with the time for the classes. I may still hunt some of the time but this seems like a far better way of preserving our heritage for the young adults.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Becoming a Hunter Safety Instructor is a great idea. I did a post about Hunter Safety Instructors on the GSI blog on Friday. I didn't realize how much time and effort goes into training new hunters. It's all volunteer time as well.

I think becoming an instructor is a great way to ensure the heritage goes forward and that new hunters are safe.

deerslayer said...

Hi Kristine; been a while glad you stopped by. Yes Hunter Safety Students get alot of hours of training before they are certified as our heritage hunters. Here in Tennessee they train for 3-4 classes which includes a firearms test before passing.It's always intregued me just how much training they really get and is probably the reason for my wanting to become a training officer for our young hunters. I just don't know if I have enough knowledge for the position or the qualifacations but I will check into all of it as I get the time before next years hunting gets started.

Editor said...

you need to plan on coming down and spending a weekend at camp with me this fall. don't give up
hunting.

Unknown said...

I think that this is a great idea. I took a bow safety course about 7 years ago or so and the instructor happens to be the owner of a local archery shop. He was a great instructor, very knowledgeable, and to this day when I see him, he still teaches me new things. It's great to have a "teacher" and a wonderful way to pass our heritage along to the next generation.

Anonymous said...

Definitely sounds like an excellent idea. I still could not imagine giving up hunting though. I will always have to do it in some form or another.

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