Today my son and I took my ten year old grandson to the range where we are members. He started shooting a Chipmunk .22 when he was four, under very strict supervision. Today we started him on the Tikka T1X .22 I bought him, with a decent scope on it. He turns eleven n October, Alberta lowered the hunting age to ten starting this year, he is almost finished his Hunters Ed course. At 50 yards he blew out the center of the target, only two flyers out about four inches, the rest (about 50 rounds) were in a 1 1/4 inch group. We then started him on the Sig Cross in 6.5 Creedmoor with a Zeiss scope which I bought him last fall. At 100 yards his three shot group was center target and under 1 1/2 inch. We stopped and then came home, he wanted to continue but we didn’t want to let him get fatigued. We will be going out routinely between now and November when our big game firearms season starts. He will be hunting deer with us. His father has been teaching him firearms safety and when watching him his safe handling of the firearm was a pleasure to watch. I was both impressed with how safety conscious he was, and proud of his shooting. We were there for three hours and both his father and I also sighted our deer rifles. One my best days in years and just one of many more to come. I bought Orangina and sandwiches from the Sherwood Park Italian Center, apparently it is now our future hunting lunch tradition. He shows potential to outshoot both his father and myself, and we are both quite good, especially his father. Sorry, but I just had to brag.
Training my grandson to shoot for hunting
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I have 2 little boys aged 3 and 5. I took them out with the pellet gun this summer and we scared some pop cans pretty bad. The 5 year old will be tagging along for a camp out deer hunt this fall. I find it a real privilege to introduce these kids to our Canadian heritage.
If you have access to one, try the chipmunk .22, single shot, made for a child, a great way to move them up. My son started my grandson with one and had him sitting on the ground between his knees. He bought it for him when he was two days old.
My son and I have been doing the same with my Grandson, just turned 10 in August.
Clayton started with a Chipmunk single shot that he has taken a few head of small game.
He started practicing with a 22 mag with scope then moved up to my 222 rem.
After starting at 25 to 50 yds he has moved out to 100 yds.
Clayton started with a Chipmunk single shot that he has taken a few head of small game.
He started practicing with a 22 mag with scope then moved up to my 222 rem.
After starting at 25 to 50 yds he has moved out to 100 yds.
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I love hearing stories like that! I can't wait to have grandkids. 3 years ago my daughter's boyfriend expressed an interest in deer hunting. He got his license, we borrowed a gun, sighted it in and were in a deer stand together opening mmorning.About an hour in, he shot a beautiful 9 point buck! As we walked back to get the atv, he kindly asked for my blessing to ask my daughter to marry him. I said, "Well, I know you can provide for her." A week later we had our annual pheasant hunt and were going to return the gun we had borrowed. It was a Savage 220 with a really nice scope on it. We had invited my 89 year old friend from the gun club to meet us for lunch at the cabin to have a visit. He overheard the owner of the gun say that he was considering selling it. He abruptly asked "how much" and proceeded to count the bills out. He then turned and handed the gun to my son inlaw. He said "There, go make some more memories." I'm looking forward to this years deer hunt with him! I told my son inlaw, "It will be hard to top this first hunt. You got engaged, shot your first deer, and it was a beauty and you got a beautiful gun!" It doesn't get much better than that!
Yes! This!
I introduced my kids to shooting over the last couple of years (late in life, they're now 17, 14 and 11) but we moved around a lot and lived in no gun places, However, now? They're all super keen on it. We have a family range membership, and some hunting tags just waiting to be filled.
I introduced my kids to shooting over the last couple of years (late in life, they're now 17, 14 and 11) but we moved around a lot and lived in no gun places, However, now? They're all super keen on it. We have a family range membership, and some hunting tags just waiting to be filled.
