How old is the YOUNGEST hunter in your group?

How YOUNG is the youngest member of your hunting group?

  • Under 20

    Votes: 47 29.9%

  • Under 30

    Votes: 44 28.0%

  • Under 40

    Votes: 31 19.7%

  • Under 50

    Votes: 17 10.8%

  • Under 60

    Votes: 11 7.0%

  • Under 70

    Votes: 4 2.5%

  • Under 80

    Votes: 2 1.3%

  • Under 90

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • A spry 100 years or younger!

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Total voters
    157
Hey Jay, Both Scott, and Kent have kids old enough. They need encouragement.
I'm glad to see in this post that some camps at least have a younger generation moving up the ladder.
I've been working on my 'kid' for years (he's about Jay's age) but he's a city boy now. Hard to drag him from the keyboard.
 
When I started hunting with this group (my wife's uncles), I was the youngest at about 24, now we run the gamut from about 7 to 70, it's awesome seeing the kids get involved, and pretty much every child in the family that's old enough to sit still for an hour comes out. I've already started taking my 3.5 year old out for birds, she loves it!

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Group? That's not my bag, but my daughter and I are going on our first deer hunting trip this weekend so I guess that constitutes a group. She's 8 and has been driving her mother insane for the last couple of months saying that she wants to learn "how to skin". Hopefully we get a chance for a lesson this weekend!
 
Longwalker said:
I don't really understand the concept of hunting in a "group" .
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You're from the wrong side of the 100th Meridian. The do things different out here. Seems to be more about going into camp together, usually a permanent camp, and making a social occasion of it. There is something to be said for having a durable home base with a cozy wood stove and an outhouse as opposed to rougher tented camps.
 
OK thank you. B.U.M. I understand the concept of making a social occasion of hunting, but I hunt nearly year round so don't think of it as a one time event with a certain set of buddies. It's good to get a eastern/urban perspective on it. Expanded my appreciation a bit. and to share a bit of Western culture, the 100th meridian is a USA and British term, The first or Prime Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey was established at 97 degrees 27' 28.4" west longitude. It passes just west of Winnipeg. The location of the Canadian First Meridian was chosen because it marked the western limit of settlement.
For the record, our elk hunting camp has "a durable home base with a cozy wood stove and and outhouse" and we hunt other things there too, but mostly elk. Love the experience to bits. We hunt all kinds of other stuff in all kinds of other places, and sometimes at elk camp. Love to share the stories with anyone. ;-)
 
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Longwalker said:
OK thank you. B.U.M. I understand the concept of making a social occasion of hunting, but I hunt nearly year round so don't think of it as a one time event with a certain set of buddies. It's good to get a eastern/urban perspective on it. Expanded my appreciation a bit. and to share a bit of Western culture, the 100th meridian is a USA and British term, The first or Prime Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey was established at 97 degrees 27' 28.4" west longitude. It passes just west of Winnipeg. The location of the Canadian First Meridian was chosen because it marked the western limit of settlement.
For the record, our elk hunting camp has "a durable home base with a cozy wood stove and and outhouse" and we hunt other things there too, but mostly elk. Love the experience to bits. We hunt all kinds of other stuff in all kinds of other places, and sometimes at elk camp. Love to share the stories with anyone. ;-)
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#### the stories...share the camp!!!
 
Alas, we are not allowed to share Saskatchewan elk hunting with anyone else, residents only. We have very good elk hunting, and have taken 75 elk at our camp over the last 22 years. It's funny how the hunting magazines and websites always portray elk as a mountain animal. Not here! We do share our big SK whitetails with non resident Canadians, but anything else is by outfitter only. Wish we had a hunter host program like BC and AB.
 
Longwalker said:
I don't really understand the concept of hunting in a "group" I hunt game birds and larger game on licence from the middle of August until the end of December. i hunt furbearing animals and small game from mid October until the snow goes away. I hunt varmints all year long. I often take out teenagers, to help them gain experience on non game species or to hunt waterfowl, deer, moose, etc. Some are group hunts and some are just me and another hunter. What was the question again?
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Its a lot different in Ontario, not as many tags, and it some zones, the only way to ever get drawn is to apply in a group. In the zone we moose hunt, if you have more than a certain amount of hunters in a group, you're guaranteed a tag, so we end up getting one tag for about 20 people, and we all hunt the same tag. Its not like we all hunt in the same spot, but we all camp in the same spot, and branch out from there for the day. Last year, there were four generations hunting together, this year we're down to three, it's a great way for all the extended family to get together and keep the tradition going.
 
bang_on_sk said:
Its a lot different in Ontario, not as many tags, and it some zones, the only way to ever get drawn is to apply in a group. In the zone we moose hunt, if you have more than a certain amount of hunters in a group, you're guaranteed a tag, so we end up getting one tag for about 20 people, and we all hunt the same tag. Its not like we all hunt in the same spot, but we all camp in the same spot, and branch out from there for the day. Last year, there were four generations hunting together, this year we're down to three, it's a great way for all the extended family to get together and keep the tradition going.
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Youre leaving out that every single deer hunter in Ontario can buy a license to shoot a buck. No group involved there.
 
And what about all the small game hunters? Waterfowl and upland game? furbearers? varmints? the concept of hunting as a one time per year, one species event leaves me sad for my fellow hunters. Especially in Ontario and points east. Wish you all could experience much more, more often.
 
bang_on_sk said:
Its a lot different in Ontario, not as many tags, and it some zones, the only way to ever get drawn is to apply in a group. In the zone we moose hunt, if you have more than a certain amount of hunters in a group, you're guaranteed a tag, so we end up getting one tag for about 20 people, and we all hunt the same tag. Its not like we all hunt in the same spot, but we all camp in the same spot, and branch out from there for the day. Last year, there were four generations hunting together, this year we're down to three, it's a great way for all the extended family to get together and keep the tradition going.
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We can't legally hunt in a group in Saskatchewan, regardless of long standing tradition otherwise. How do you in Ontario ensure that your group of 20 hunters with one tag don't shoot 20 or 10 or 2 animals? I'm trying to understand and get my head around this concept, and its not working. Are game numbers so low? Seems kinda depressing if the government is selling that number of tags and at the same time is expecting no conflict with over harvest. i totally understand the attraction of camaraderie of hunting camp etc, just not the limited opportunity or the competition to actually shoot an animal. Enlighten me please??
 
Longwalker said:
And what about all the small game hunters? Waterfowl and upland game? furbearers? varmints? the concept of hunting as a one time per year, one species event leaves me sad for my fellow hunters. Especially in Ontario and points east. Wish you all could experience much more, more often.
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I am in Ontario and typically get out for something at least once a week year round. There is always something in season and varmints are year round. As for tags I am fortunate that the areas I hunt let me take 3 or 4 deer per year. Some of that is done during the rifle hunt in a group setting but most of the deer I take are solo by bow which is a 3 month season. We have a 5 week turkey season in the spring and 6 week bear season in the spring plus a 3 month fall season for bear and several weeks of fall turkey as well. The zone I bear hunt in lets me take 2 per year so I try to get one in the spring and one in the fall. Grouse is over 3 months in the fall and bunnies are a 6 month season. The only thing we have to group up for is moose and elk. As for waterfowl - I don't get out to much for that but there are spring and fall seasons for that too. Lots of opportunities for those that chose to take them.

As for a group shooting more animals than they have tags for - it occassionally happens. By law all group members must be able to immediately communicate a killed animal to all other group members. Usually done by radio or if there is cell coverage a group text message meets the requirements. Group members also all have to be within 5 km of each other so that the person with the tag can in theory apply the tag in a timely manner.
 
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I've hunted with my daughter every year since she was 12. Only missed this year because she is at University. And this isn't a dad bringing a girl so that he can fill her tag, she pulls the trigger and pulls guts. Owns her rifle. My best friend has 4 granddaughters and one grandson(All under age 15) that we hunt with. Same deal.
 
Species8472 said:
I am in Ontario and typically get out for something at least once a week year round. There is always something in season and varmints are year round. As for tags I am fortunate that the areas I hunt let me take 3 or 4 deer per year. Some of that is done during the rifle hunt in a group setting but most of the deer I take are solo by bow which is a 3 month season. We have a 5 week turkey season in the spring and 6 week bear season in the spring plus a 3 month fall season for bear and several weeks of fall turkey as well. The zone I bear hunt in lets me take 2 per year so I try to get one in the spring and one in the fall. Grouse is over 3 months in the fall and bunnies are a 6 month season. The only thing we have to group up for is moose and elk. As for waterfowl - I don't get out to much for that but there are spring and fall seasons for that too. Lots of opportunities for those that chose to take them.

As for a group shooting more animals than they have tags for - it occassionally happens. By law all group members must be able to immediately communicate a killed animal to all other group members. Usually done by radio or if there is cell coverage a group text message meets the requirements. Group members also all have to be within 5 km of each other so that the person with the tag can in theory apply the tag in a timely manner.
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thanks for the explanation, I learned a few things.
 
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