My son shoots for his first time! He loves it!

[adrenaline]

Wow your boy handled that great. Love how he took his finger off the trigger when aiming. I love shooting with my boys. Nice job on the range clean up. I don`t know to many people that would do that.

Thanks for all the great comments. Like me drilling into him the importance of trigger control. I was also drilling into the importance of cleaning up. It might be from where I'm from (Hawaii). The Hawaiians used a phrase Malama 'aina. It was to care and nurture the land.

No...I'm not a tree-hugger. It was gorgeous up there. Nature gave me a beautiful place to shoot and the freedom to shoot without range rules. We gave back to it. If no one cleans it up, it just starts to take the form of a dump.

I'm hoping that my son one day when he is older (when I'm not around) and shooting with his friends, that my constant reminder of cleaning up will carry over to his friends (that haven't been brought up that way).

A father can only hope.

[Sanderhawk]

Thanks for all the great comments. Like me drilling into him the importance of trigger control. I was also drilling into the importance of cleaning up. It might be from where I'm from (Hawaii). The Hawaiians used a phrase Malama 'aina. It was to care and nurture the land.

No...I'm not a tree-hugger. It was gorgeous up there. Nature gave me a beautiful place to shoot and the freedom to shoot without range rules. We gave back to it. If no one cleans it up, it just starts to take the form of a dump.

I'm hoping that my son one day when he is older (when I'm not around) and shooting with his friends, that my constant reminder of cleaning up will carry over to his friends (that haven't been brought up that way).

A father can only hope.

Your boy will take after you. Both my boys are in their 20`s now but they do alot of the things I taught them when they were little. Oh and when yours get to his teen years and doesn`t look like hes paying the least bit of attention to what your saying he is still hearing most of what you are saying . I did say most not all

[Fireguy]

Cute kid smiling from ear to ear, nice going Dad. My adult son and I go shooting in the middle of noware, we put down a trap to help us pick up the .22 brass as well asreloadable brass.
My 7yr old grandson will start shooting this summer and I'll use your trigger control/safety method. Thanks for the tip.

[Unkl Bang]

If only adults listened and had that much of an understanding of safety...

Aint that the truth !! take a perfectly normal adult out shooting and they start acting all Rambo on you .

[Unkl Bang]

Thanks for all the great comments. Like me drilling into him the importance of trigger control. I was also drilling into the importance of cleaning up. It might be from where I'm from (Hawaii). The Hawaiians used a phrase Malama 'aina. It was to care and nurture the land.

No...I'm not a tree-hugger. It was gorgeous up there. Nature gave me a beautiful place to shoot and the freedom to shoot without range rules. We gave back to it. If no one cleans it up, it just starts to take the form of a dump.

I'm hoping that my son one day when he is older (when I'm not around) and shooting with his friends, that my constant reminder of cleaning up will carry over to his friends (that haven't been brought up that way).

A father can only hope.

A responsible sportsman leaves a small footprint in the enviroment. You're preserving it for your son and hopefully he'll preserve it for his . that's the way it should be and that's a beautiful thing.

[23 Blast]

Great job, dad!

I plan to take my son shooting for his first time sometime this summer (he's 8) and of course the .22's will take center stage, but I wanted to give him the option of trying out heavier calibers if I feel he's up to it.

[The War Wagon]

Looks like great fun!