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.
My son and I took my grandson out shooting to our range again today. Same results, he blew out the center of the target with his Tikka T1x .22. We had to give him a new target as the first one just had a center hole. We worked on trigger control and positioning. He did just great again, he was shooting under 1 inch, and this is not b.s. I would highly recommend the Tikka T1x .22 for anyone. We had him at 50 yards, this little .22 has the 16 inch barrel, it is the most accurate .22 I have ever purchased. I told him today, it is his when he gets his PAL, until then it stays in his fathers gun safe. As an aside he completed his Hunter Safety Course two days ago and passed the final exam with a 94 / 100. As soon as he gets his WIN card I will be getting him his first hunting license. At the end of the season I plan on mounting his hunting license and his tag, used or not, in a frame as a wall hanger remembrance. Another great day.
Just an update, we have been taking my now eleven year old grandson out hunting for his first whitetail deer since November 1st when our local firearms season started in WMU 504 northeast of Edmonton. He has turned down numerous does with fawns as we don’t shoot them. He wanted a buck or a dry doe. Yesterday just before the end of legal shooting he connected on a dry doe. In an open field at 110 yards it walked out and then stopped broadside to him. He went down on one knee, rested an elbow on his left knee and touched off his shot. He double lunged it perfectly and it went 20 yards. By the time we finished gutting it the sky had turned bright red with the northern lights, this is only the second time I have seen red and not green lights. He was beyond excited. He was shooting a Sig Sauer Cross in 6.5 Creedmoor I had given him. I told him the hunting gods were celebrating his first deer with the red northern lights, his smile was fantastic.
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