hunting with newborn
- Thread starter popcanhunter
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I find some comments here surprising....
I agree, sitting in a blind with a baby waiting for a deer to come by likely won't be effective (squawking, burping, giggling, etc.). But there is nothing wrong or dangerous with bringing a baby into the outdoors. No more or less dangerous than driving a busy highway, walking to the park, etc.
Come to think of it, a well known Dr. I know who has paid his dues as an ambassador to the sport of hunting used to pack his son on his back while hunting upland birds when his son was just a squawking, farting, little thing. Some sort of ear muff rigging, assess and recognize the potential risks and eliminate or mitigate and have at 'er.
It'll be OK.
This reminds me of when my best man's wife was pregnant. She went in for a check-up appointment and was chatting with the student doctor before the real doctor came in. When asked what she's been up to, she replied; "Hunting mule deer." I guess the student doctors face got all contorted and she went on a tirade about how hunting is an extremely dangerous activity and she needs to be thinking about the well-being of the child she is carrying.
I agree, sitting in a blind with a baby waiting for a deer to come by likely won't be effective (squawking, burping, giggling, etc.). But there is nothing wrong or dangerous with bringing a baby into the outdoors. No more or less dangerous than driving a busy highway, walking to the park, etc.
Come to think of it, a well known Dr. I know who has paid his dues as an ambassador to the sport of hunting used to pack his son on his back while hunting upland birds when his son was just a squawking, farting, little thing. Some sort of ear muff rigging, assess and recognize the potential risks and eliminate or mitigate and have at 'er.
It'll be OK.
This reminds me of when my best man's wife was pregnant. She went in for a check-up appointment and was chatting with the student doctor before the real doctor came in. When asked what she's been up to, she replied; "Hunting mule deer." I guess the student doctors face got all contorted and she went on a tirade about how hunting is an extremely dangerous activity and she needs to be thinking about the well-being of the child she is carrying.
Yep. You gotta be really careful what you say to (some) doctors. In my "getting-to-know-you" appointment with my new doctor he asked me what I do for hobbies/exercise/etc. and I mentioned hunting. The next many questions were about guns, gun storage, my kids and the guns, etc.
I suspect that if I had made a single mistake in my answers, I would have had child services at my door.
Wow, you need better instructors. Around here, you take the course on Fri, Sat, Sun and when you finish you get your paperwork in your hand when you walk out. Then you go to the mall, get your pic done, get it certified, put all your stuff together and send it in. 6-10 wks later it is back. While waiting for your PAL, do your online hunter safety course, pass and get your cert number right then, go buy your tags. Once the PAL comes in, buy a gun and ammo from Canadian Tire (best open hours and availablitly) the next day, sight it in and you are hunting. (If you know someone who has a PAL and can buy the gun for you, that will allow you to get it, shoot it, and sight it in even earlier.) No excessive wait times. If you want to put more thought into it, you can buy from a smaller, local gun shop (nicer in my opinion) and add an ENTIRE day to the process.
OP,
While in your past threads and posts, I have NOT seen a lot of expereince or knowledge, you started here with that exact thing. Now, let me see if I got all of this out of your posts...
You and your "wife" shoot cans and stuff with air rifles.
You are happy with this pursuit of happiness, but your pregnant wife want to kick it up a notch and hunt.
While this isn't your idea, you are not totally against it, and wouldliek to see how it might work out.
Your child is due in November.
You are concerned with unexpected occurrances that may take place while hunting NEXT YEAR.
Your child will be nearly a year old and your wife will no longer be a "new mom".
You have an entire year in which to plan, educate, acquire info, equipment, and location.
You have begun by asking questions OVER A YEAR in advance.
You are getting razzed by idiots who haven't read the posts of info you have provided and assume that you are going to try to hunt this November with an infant (still not impossible, but I wouldn't do it).
You are being denigrated by individuals who haven't done anything like this and can't conceive of why you would want to.
You are being set upon by others claiming your chi8ld will fall from the tree stand (when did you state the you were using a tree stand? Or ANY stand?) I used a ground blind for 20 years before I got a tree stand...
That about wrap it up?
If so, here is my advice. Do what you want. I was not allowed to take my children out hunting until they were 4-5yrs old. My wife at the time did not hunt so that made it difficult. However, we DID backcountry hike and, specifically, in 1988, my son was 16mos old and my wife was 6 mos pregnant. We were tenting outside in the woods (drove the car almost to the spot and hauled the gear 150yds up a hill to the "wilderness" site. We also had a 3yr old and an 8yr old. *DISCLAIMER* No children were harmed in the making of this camping trip, nor did the walk in the woods, the lack of "modern conveniences", or the varied wildlife bring on pre-mature labour. *DISCLAIMER*
People worrying about "modern conveniences"??!! WTF? I guarantee that you will NOT get any hunting done, but the time out can be productive nevertheless.
While in your past threads and posts, I have NOT seen a lot of expereince or knowledge, you started here with that exact thing. Now, let me see if I got all of this out of your posts...
You and your "wife" shoot cans and stuff with air rifles.
You are happy with this pursuit of happiness, but your pregnant wife want to kick it up a notch and hunt.
While this isn't your idea, you are not totally against it, and wouldliek to see how it might work out.
Your child is due in November.
You are concerned with unexpected occurrances that may take place while hunting NEXT YEAR.
Your child will be nearly a year old and your wife will no longer be a "new mom".
You have an entire year in which to plan, educate, acquire info, equipment, and location.
You have begun by asking questions OVER A YEAR in advance.
You are getting razzed by idiots who haven't read the posts of info you have provided and assume that you are going to try to hunt this November with an infant (still not impossible, but I wouldn't do it).
You are being denigrated by individuals who haven't done anything like this and can't conceive of why you would want to.
You are being set upon by others claiming your chi8ld will fall from the tree stand (when did you state the you were using a tree stand? Or ANY stand?) I used a ground blind for 20 years before I got a tree stand...
That about wrap it up?
If so, here is my advice. Do what you want. I was not allowed to take my children out hunting until they were 4-5yrs old. My wife at the time did not hunt so that made it difficult. However, we DID backcountry hike and, specifically, in 1988, my son was 16mos old and my wife was 6 mos pregnant. We were tenting outside in the woods (drove the car almost to the spot and hauled the gear 150yds up a hill to the "wilderness" site. We also had a 3yr old and an 8yr old. *DISCLAIMER* No children were harmed in the making of this camping trip, nor did the walk in the woods, the lack of "modern conveniences", or the varied wildlife bring on pre-mature labour. *DISCLAIMER*
People worrying about "modern conveniences"??!! WTF? I guarantee that you will NOT get any hunting done, but the time out can be productive nevertheless.
turbo_bird
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Thats what my parents did when my brother and I were little. Took the truck with an old 8 foot camper on the back out into the bush for a few days. My dad would go off and hunt while my mom looked after us. On my first hunting trip at age 2, I decided that I had had enough and started walking home. My brother would have been about 8 or 9 months at the time. It can be done, but I imagine that we were quite a handful.
Kristian
all my kids have hunted with me since they were awful young.....mostly just sitting in their seat on passenger side while I shot chickens after cutting a load of firewood..but we did get a few deer that way as well.....it weren't too bad....I wouldn't trade those days for anything!!!!
