11-10-2012, 06:06 AM
All great info here. My father took me deer hunting once to show me the ropes so to say. Took me fishing on a small stream a couple times. Grew up a rebel and had some hard life lessons and found out that bass fishing is my thing after a few close calls with the law lol. Hunting came naturally because I like shooting stuff, who doesn't?
I like to think of myself as a grown man now, my wife will argue that, my daughter and I went on our first hunt together this year and we hunted harder than I ever have in my life, no joke, and ended up with nothing. I went out on the last day of the deer hunt and bagged one but she stayed home because she was all hunted out, I can't blame her for staying home. We covered a lot of ground, walked lots of miles and nothing legal to shoot. It was something I'll never forget and I'm sure it's teh same or her.
I've always owned guns, KSL classifieds has cost me a lot of $. My daughters first gun was a Cricket 22, she didn't like it but I thought she was just new to guns. She has shot my Marlin 22, a 22 mag, my 30-06 pump (once lol) a Sig Sauer .45, a 38 revolver and my glove compartment 380 and still hates shooting that Cricket 22. I've finally come to terms that a Cricket 22 is not all that. She now has a Savage 7mm-08 with a muzzle break 3x9 scope and is a better shot than I am. "boom, ding, all day long"
I signed her up for hunters safety online and we went to the class and the gun range to complete the class, it was fun and made me proud.
Find a 22 that he can shoot comfortably and plink a few rounds out in the desert. My daughter is dead on with my Marlin in a prone position and on one knee but struggles standing up because of the weight of the barrel. She's good for about 4 rounds then she looks like me trying to hold up my buddies sniper rifle, SUPER accurate as long as the bi-pod is on the ground but I look like Michael J. Fox trying to hold that thing in the air (too soon?).
I don't know what the best guns are but just getting out and shooting and getting over the fear of shooting is half the battle. My buddy custom loads my 300 win mag and my 30-06 for me and my daughters 7mm-08.
The 7mm-08 is a youth model, if you want to "try before you buy" let me know and we can go put some rounds through 7mm-08 out in the desert. She doesn't know it yet but that's going to be my back up rifle when hunting. Easy to carry, accurate and it's camouflage [
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I like to think of myself as a grown man now, my wife will argue that, my daughter and I went on our first hunt together this year and we hunted harder than I ever have in my life, no joke, and ended up with nothing. I went out on the last day of the deer hunt and bagged one but she stayed home because she was all hunted out, I can't blame her for staying home. We covered a lot of ground, walked lots of miles and nothing legal to shoot. It was something I'll never forget and I'm sure it's teh same or her.
I've always owned guns, KSL classifieds has cost me a lot of $. My daughters first gun was a Cricket 22, she didn't like it but I thought she was just new to guns. She has shot my Marlin 22, a 22 mag, my 30-06 pump (once lol) a Sig Sauer .45, a 38 revolver and my glove compartment 380 and still hates shooting that Cricket 22. I've finally come to terms that a Cricket 22 is not all that. She now has a Savage 7mm-08 with a muzzle break 3x9 scope and is a better shot than I am. "boom, ding, all day long"
I signed her up for hunters safety online and we went to the class and the gun range to complete the class, it was fun and made me proud.
Find a 22 that he can shoot comfortably and plink a few rounds out in the desert. My daughter is dead on with my Marlin in a prone position and on one knee but struggles standing up because of the weight of the barrel. She's good for about 4 rounds then she looks like me trying to hold up my buddies sniper rifle, SUPER accurate as long as the bi-pod is on the ground but I look like Michael J. Fox trying to hold that thing in the air (too soon?).
I don't know what the best guns are but just getting out and shooting and getting over the fear of shooting is half the battle. My buddy custom loads my 300 win mag and my 30-06 for me and my daughters 7mm-08.
The 7mm-08 is a youth model, if you want to "try before you buy" let me know and we can go put some rounds through 7mm-08 out in the desert. She doesn't know it yet but that's going to be my back up rifle when hunting. Easy to carry, accurate and it's camouflage [
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