Take a youngster hunting

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.

 

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

ConQuest Scent Sticks

We have some Exciting News!

ConQuest Scent Sticks shared some of their products for our blog to review.

http://conquestscents.com/

ConQuest is a leader in the market and has developed some awsome products for many different hunting applications. If you have a dog to train for bird hunting (quail,duck,grouse,pheasant) or even coon hunting you need to check the ConQuest web site: http://conquestscents.com/product-category/hunting-scents/dog-training/

Look for reviews in the next couple of months on these great looking products.

This is the Ever Calm Deer Herd Scent Stick.  This product is a great alternative to liquid scent.  You rub this stick on a tree, rock, maybe a fence post and it will last longer than a traditional liquid.  This seems to me would be idea for scouting and use in front of a game camera.  I plan to put it to use in the near future and see what shows up.

Ever Calm Liquid Deer Herd

This is a calming liquid scent and is used in a hanging Stink Stick.

This is a resealable hanging dispenser and looks to me to be well sealed and very durable.

Conquest Scent Sticks has a lot to offer the average hunter.  They have cover scents, predator scents, pig scents, and several others.  My little hunting buddy Emily said she can't wait to try some of ConQuest Venison Meat Sticks.  Man do those Venison and Jalapeno Cheese Sticks sound great.

Check out the ConQuest Web Site:

http://conquestscents.com/

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She thinks we're just hunting

It's always special to get to spend a day in the woods.  Sometimes we forget the small stuff that can mean so much.  It's really eye opening to take a little buddy along in the woods and see everything through their eyes.  When I go in the woods with my daughter we spend as much time talking about tracks we see and bugs we find as we do looking for game animals.  She actually stops to smell the flowers and even picks a few for daddy.  I think she enjoys dressing up in the hunting clothes as much as going hunting.  I always let her bring some snacks and binoculars to play with.  I want the hunting to be as enjoyable as possible for her.  We are serious about spending time together and the hunting is a bonus.  

I try to make sure she learns something during the trip.  We try to identify different types of animal tracks and see if we can tell which direction they are traveling.  We use cover scent and sometimes we make our own scent blocker by rubbing pine needles on our clothing.  Its fun teaching her about hunting safety and I always make sure she has her own flashlight.  We make sure to both burn a light on the way to and from the truck in low light conditions.  It's amazing how much they listen and how much carry over they have from one hunt to another.  If I do or say something different she will let me know.  Last time you said that was a coon track daddy not an opossum track.

Blake in Kentucky

My buddy Joe's son.  He took his son to a Kentucky Youth Hunt in the 2012 season.

Take the little ones hunting early and often and they might be taking you hunting one day. 

Kaleb with his Grandfather Ron

My buddy Rej shared this picture of his son and father hunting together.



Emily in the Alabama piney woods with her grocery bag.

She takes snacks whenever we go hunting or fishing. 

Jennie and Emily- nothing is getting past these two.

Never to old to stop and smell the flowers.  Yes, Emily picked the flower and took the picture.  Do you have any pictures to share of you and your hunting buddy?  If so please email them to me at alakingfish@gmail.com and if you give permission I may feature you and your buddy on a future post.