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Does anyone have books or other resources they recommend on fatherhood in relation to sharing firearms and the outdoors with children?
A few months ago I told my wife that it would be neat if we had a child born on or near my birthday someday. Well, my son must have been listening because he was born six weeks early, just three days before my 30th.
He's been home from NICU for about a month and doing great. As far as we can see so far, he's very healthy all things considered. I'm fortunate enough to still be mostly on vacation from work, so we've been bonding and losing sleep together for a while now.
I know it's a bit early to do anything firearms/hunting related, but since my days are filled with waking hours to think about raising my son, I've been day dreaming of his first camping/fishing/hunting/shooting trips and how I can make those moments a good balance between plain old fun and teaching moments.
I think a lot of the teaching moments will come naturally, but a little forethought doesn't hurt. I'm mostly interested in some creative ideas and perspectives on things to help me think outside of the box with some future activities.
I was fortunate enough to grow up on land surrounded by nothing but desert, so was easy for my dad to bring me to the outdoors.
On weekends we would bury gallon and 5-gallon buckets flush with the ground to trap crawling things. Every day before and after work we would check our traps and bring a snake catcher with us too. Caught a lot of gopher snakes, king snakes, scorpions, lizards, and spiders on those trips. My dad would teach me whatever he knew about the animals we caught and then we'd send them back on their way.
My dad did a lot of pest control with a .410 and would bring my dog and I along. My dad taught me the importance of making good, clean hits on an animal and on safety with a bird dog in the field.
Would bring my little bow and arrows everywhere to do a little target practice while my mom or dad worked on part of the property.
Thinking of these kinds of ideas and how to incorporate love for things not on a screen.
A few months ago I told my wife that it would be neat if we had a child born on or near my birthday someday. Well, my son must have been listening because he was born six weeks early, just three days before my 30th.
He's been home from NICU for about a month and doing great. As far as we can see so far, he's very healthy all things considered. I'm fortunate enough to still be mostly on vacation from work, so we've been bonding and losing sleep together for a while now.
I know it's a bit early to do anything firearms/hunting related, but since my days are filled with waking hours to think about raising my son, I've been day dreaming of his first camping/fishing/hunting/shooting trips and how I can make those moments a good balance between plain old fun and teaching moments.
I think a lot of the teaching moments will come naturally, but a little forethought doesn't hurt. I'm mostly interested in some creative ideas and perspectives on things to help me think outside of the box with some future activities.
I was fortunate enough to grow up on land surrounded by nothing but desert, so was easy for my dad to bring me to the outdoors.
On weekends we would bury gallon and 5-gallon buckets flush with the ground to trap crawling things. Every day before and after work we would check our traps and bring a snake catcher with us too. Caught a lot of gopher snakes, king snakes, scorpions, lizards, and spiders on those trips. My dad would teach me whatever he knew about the animals we caught and then we'd send them back on their way.
My dad did a lot of pest control with a .410 and would bring my dog and I along. My dad taught me the importance of making good, clean hits on an animal and on safety with a bird dog in the field.
Would bring my little bow and arrows everywhere to do a little target practice while my mom or dad worked on part of the property.
Thinking of these kinds of ideas and how to incorporate love for things not on a screen.
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