If you ever need to feel a breath of fresh air just find a small son or daughter to take hunting. It will be a trip that you will not soon forget. I enjoy seeing the woods through the eyes of my 7 year old girl Emily. She has question about little things that I've not really considered since childhood. We usually spend about as much time getting ready to hunt as we spend in the woods. It starts with packing enough snack to supply a small army.
Then we have to take all the accessories along, deer calls, cover scent, binoculars, face paint, extra flash lights. You name it and we pack it to the stand.
After we get the truck parked and get unpacked we usually have to spray each other with enough cover scent to last the rest of the hunting season and well on into turkey season. Then we start the march to the stand. I'm sure we sound like a army marching in procession as we pass by. We often stop and talk for several minutes about different type of tracks that we encounter on the road or path. Emily always finds the neatest flowers growing wild along the trail.
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We sometimes spot endangered bugs and crazy looking worms. We once found the biggest anthill in South Alabama, you ask how I know because Emily told me so. At some point during the trip I realize that I don't know half as much about the outdoors as I think I do. She will ask me, Daddy what kind of bird makes that noise? Dadddy what type of bee is that? Dadddy why can I not shoot that doe? All great questions and I hope to have the answer someday. But until then I'll just enjoy making up whatever answer comes to mind.
We like to do some fishing too.
That's me on the Left and Dad in the middle.
He spent alot of time taking me and my brother hunting when we were small and now it's something we enjoy doing with our famlies.
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Shelby Byrd
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