You may believe that hunting is 90% experience and 10% success. But once you read this post, you may want to bump the learning curve another five points.
With the holidays on the horizon, many families will gather around food-filled tables with lots of talk about hunting from Uncle Bob or Aunt Mary about their years of experience outdoors, as wide-eyed nieces and nephews try to hit their mouth with a fork. Unfortunately, many kids lack the family experience that is so important in building a foundation of hunting and conservation.
To this end, one of the best ideas ever brings the Honored American Veterans Afield and the United Sportsman’s Youth Foundation together for a day of pheasant hunting. As the picture above displays, the youngsters had a great time, yet that’s only half the story.
Hunting is 90% experience… maybe 95%.
American Veterans Afield (HAVA) and United Sportsman’s Youth Foundation (USYF) jointly announce the successful expansion of their Veteran/Youth field day concept intended to mix current conflict Disabled Veterans with teenagers to educate each on the other’s attitudes about defending freedom in the contemporary era. Titled the 3rd Annual HAVA/USYF Field Day, the event expanded to 30 Vets and 30 kids in 2-man teams who competed together and learned from each other about their generation’s attitudes about war and military service. These teenagers were surprised to experience the depth of patriotism that the Vets exhibited, and the Vets were impressed with the teen’s curiosity about military life. On a day when shooting, bird hunting and great food were on the agenda, the prize went to each of the attendees as their perspective on 21st century national service was expanded dramatically.
