hunting with newborn

My buddy did this with his two kid's.
Both in car seats and a bit of road hunting.
They had a few years on them.
New borns out in the bush unless around a camp I believe
is pretty risky.
Unless you're hunting coyotes or wolves.
 
kamlooky said:
Unless you're hunting coyotes or wolves.
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Were you using babies as automated calling systems?

Well, my personal opinion is that it depends on how confident and prepared you two are as parents. You've each got previous kids, so you're probably not going to lose your minds when the baby decides that now is a good time to cry for attention.

If you're well prepared, I see no reason why you couldn't take the kid out and have one person stay in camp while the other goes out. I probably wouldn't go so far as to bring the kid with whoever's doing the shooting, it'd be pretty easy for the kid to slip their muffs or whatever, and any damaged hearing now will affect them for the rest of their life, and probably make them cry for a week straight.
 
You need hearing protection for the baby!! Other than that just go for it, cant imagine how much actual hunting you could get done. I got a 9 month old right now and couldn't be bothered to take him any further outdoors than the play ground.
 
xeon said:
Fine, its 99% retarded then.
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LOL - no kidding!

The OP just refutes every logical thing that gets posted so clearly he has his mind set on doing it. Next year we will get to read about it on the local news....

Have you thought this out at all?
What will you do if:
1)the baby cries? baby gets sick?
2)it is pouring rain / snow storm blows in and the baby gets wet/cold?
3)you or the wife fall and break an arm/leg? who looks after baby now?
4)wife gets lost in woods while you are at trailer with baby?

You say paying a baby sitter costs what the food you are going to bring home is worth so you might as well stay home and buy food at the store. Have you figured in the cost of hunting equipment? Food brought home from hunts is generally expensive when all the costs are added up. we don't hunt for food because its cheap, we hunt because its fun.

This will be a train wreck for sure. Good luck.
 
Did a lot of road hunting with my boys in car seats when they were small. Just for birds though. Home every night.

Changes a few diapers on dirt roads too...LOL
 
popcanhunter said:
.....so my wife really wants to start hunting. I am not overly interested (or opposed) to the idea. My interests lie more in target shooting, prepping, modding, and hoarding. But nonetheless, we will be getting into hunting together (she looks mad cute in camo).

The problem is she is due in february. We each have a child from a previous relationship, so these children are easy to deal with (drop them by their other parents!)... but the noob wont have any other parents outside the house.

Is there any sort of hunting that can be done with a child under one year of age tagging along?

we do have a camping trailer that we could bring somewhere, so we wouldnt have to change diapers in a tree stand.

when my first child was born, she had her mother, and her live-in nanny tending to her, and i basically lived in my tow truck, so i dont know much about havin a noob around... and since ive never hunted, i dont know anything about hunting. im sure my question sounds retarded to 99% of the people reading it... but please understand i just dont know.

and incase the live-in nanny thing makes you think im some kind of high roller, it was my daughter's cousin who came up from the caribbean to help out.
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Probably not real successful hunting ...

unless , hmm :got to check the regs :

You may be able to bring him/her along for a predator hunt if you can convince a CO that they fall under the category of a call and not bait .
 
Hunting would be tons of fun with a screaming kid around... just don't count on actually killing anything.

Hunting with a baby is kinda like taking a baby to work on the oil rigs, or operating a crane with a baby. Way too distracting.
 
popcanhunter said:
kamlooky> you bring ammo even though you dont KNOW you will see a deer, don't you? you rehearse your story even though you don't KNOW she will ask what you been up to, don't you? you plan for retirement even though you don't KNOW you will survive that long.... same logic

jongun> our plan is blind

iron> this is my second, first is almost 8. i know they're cool. that one sits in the garage and shoots pellet guns with me all day... as long as i paint hers pink.
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Yup, this is my second too; other one is almost 20... yrs. Enjoy your time together, goes by quick.
 
xeon said:
Fine, its 99% retarded then.
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you people are refering to my 99% as if it was my estimate of how retarded you would think hunting with my kid is.

99% was my estimate of the number of people that thought asking this question is retarded.

are you people really that slow?

READ people, READ
 
Bigbubba said:
LOL - no kidding!

The OP just refutes every logical thing that gets posted so clearly he has his mind set on doing it. Next year we will get to read about it on the local news....

Have you thought this out at all?
What will you do if:
1)the baby cries? baby gets sick?
2)it is pouring rain / snow storm blows in and the baby gets wet/cold?
3)you or the wife fall and break an arm/leg? who looks after baby now?
4)wife gets lost in woods while you are at trailer with baby?

You say paying a baby sitter costs what the food you are going to bring home is worth so you might as well stay home and buy food at the store. Have you figured in the cost of hunting equipment? Food brought home from hunts is generally expensive when all the costs are added up. we don't hunt for food because its cheap, we hunt because its fun.

This will be a train wreck for sure. Good luck.
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babies cry, babies get sick, rain pours, snow blows, babies get cold, people fall, break limbs, get lost...

whats this got anything to do with hunting?

I might be new to hunting, but I am not new to any of the risks of life you just mentioned.

gas to the woods and back $15, shotgun ammo $3.50. give a butcher half the meat to do his thing....
seems like I get a freezer full of meat for under $20.
what costs am i missing? (please understand the difference between current expense and capital expenditure if you want to talk cost accounting)
 
Tazzy said:
Did a lot of road hunting with my boys in car seats when they were small. Just for birds though. Home every night.

Changes a few diapers on dirt roads too...LOL
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Do the same thing currently, day trips in the truck with a couple young ones and I managed to get my first grouse, as long as they will wear muffs and dont mind a little time in the car, its a great time, family time at its finest IMO, but I would not push it too much further personally with the younger one.
 
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Bring your kid hunting just don't expect much for the first year or two , drive up and down the roads and look for deer, stand/blind hunt and probably spook everything for miles around when the kid gets finicky or has a good poop . hunt into the wind and make sure the babies ears are protected before you shoot . By two or three you will probably have a genuine bush baby who can out spot you any day of the week when looking for deer , and hopefully an avid hunter as they get older. Just remember it's hunting, not catching and you will be good to go. By the time you are good at finding deer regularly the kid will have just as much experience as you do .
 
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