Passing down the hunting tradition to future generations

If you start reading this article, you may find yourself eagerly anticipating opening day of hunting season. You probably remember that big buck that you saw and pockets, or missed. Some of you may be like entering a son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter to the sport-share some time together, nature or making new discoveries in nature.

Ohio has a great program for young hunters. It offers a student license for new hunters. This license was developed as part of a nationwide effort called "Families Afield." These projects were developed to hunters in passing along the hunting heritage because new hunters, both young people and adults to experience hunting, under the mentorship of a licensed adult.A young Hunter can contain a maximum of 3 student licenses before you need to successfully complete the hunter education course, the exam and a regular hunting license. the fee for this license is $ 10 for both resident and non-resident applicants.

Youth season in Ohio is the weekend for the opening day of gun season. On the first day, our 9-year-old and his father led for their tree. They were hunting on private property and a lot of pre-season scouting had done.They had followed paths, looked for pilots and abrasions, observed feeding areas and, of course, checked the photos of the landowner of strategically placed scouting cameras. She knew that there were deer on the property and were familiar with their habits. They saw several does and a few bucks, but had no one shot.

The next day, she returned to their booth with renewed hope. They were rewarded with the observation of a small goat.In the beginning was everything the new Hunter could do whisper, "da.da da. .., ..., ... "he could not even get the word" father "out of his mouth.His father whispered guarantees about recall what they had practiced and slowly he raised his gun and fired. The excitement of this first hunting lasted through the tracking, the recovery, the journey home, and go to school the next day where he shared his experience with his teacher-also an avid Hunter.

Every time we make vegetable soup, his favorite or spaghetti sauce with "deer" he about the time that he and the father in the forest and how he couldn't talk talk were because he was so excited when he. now, in the Hunter safety course offered by the Ohio Department of natural resources, he has both the motivation and the real life experience to help him succeed.