Would you let your daughter hunt?

[MosseyOakGirl]

I absolutely would "let" her hunt. Both my husband and I are hunters. Deer, Bear, Turkey, Coyotes, Goose and the occasional Jack Rabbit. We also field hunt with Treeing Walkers as well as have Fox Hounds for Coyotes. Shotgun, Rifle or Bow. Our life is about hunting really. We both get in "trouble" from our youngest if we don't take her out. She is 3 and 1/2. She does not yet go out with us during deer season but she loves Goose and Turkey hunting and she helps clean the deer when we bring them home. She loves it! Our eldest daughter is not so interested in hunting any more however she is around it and should she decide later she wants to go we would be thrilled.

[Grandpa]

All three of my daughters were avid hunters when they were very young. But each one lost active interest at different ages. They still continued going along but seemed content to let the others do the active hunting. They all still take their turns at the targets though.

[Chilly]

As long as they are still willing to be out there, to be spending time with you guys and to be away from home, I think that's the most important thing. It's a good way to bond.

[DonL1959]

My daughter hunts with me, and would put her up against most men with a rifle, she started learning gun safety when she was 5 and took her hunters safety class at 14. She embarassed the hunting instructor, by asking him to open and check the chamber on a rifle when he went to hand it to her. And got a PERFECT score on the final test.
She knew that she had to take my safety test after that.

[YogiBear]

I would definitely take my daughters hunting if they were interested in going. I think they need to know how to safely handle a gun.

[MosseyOakGirl]

At my house we have two seasons, Hunting Season and getting ready for hunting Season and both of my youngest daughters have gone out hunting with us. They love it! We get grief if we don't take at least one of them with us. They are too young for deer stands yet but as soon as they're old enough they'll be right there with us! Hunting, all aspects of it, is a great family activity!

[Grandpa]

My daughters all learned shooting skills early. Oldest daughter started dating the new deputy sheriff that moved to town. They gave him an old .357 when he first started until his new beretta arrived. He was so excited when the beretta did arrive and wanted to go try it out. They came here where I have a good clay hillside backstop with distances marked on the fence posts. He shot it a few time, then asked her if she wanted to. She declined and said, no, you need the practice. He misunderstood her reluctance and called her a chicken that was afraid to shoot it. Wrong

He had cans set up for targets in the field. His story was, she pulled down on one can, two handed, and it sounded like one continuous long shot and that can didn't stop jumping until the mag was empty. He never called her a chicken again and they have now been married 21 years.

[Gunny]

I have twin daughters and while they enjoy camping with me neither showed an interest in killing anything.

Didn't bother me. If they did I would certainly teach and take them. Nothing wrong with it.