Silas had planned on trying out for the football team this fall, which he would have had to finance from his own spending budget, but decided in the spring to use his money to pursue hunting instead. He paid for his license and a hunter's education class he took back in May, then had to figure out how to go hunting without a gun or any family members with a clue about hunting.
One man offered to loan him a gun. Another man took both Silas and Tim to a shooting range about a month ago for some practice. Another man, one who hunts regularly, invited Silas (and Tim as his chauffeur) to join his hunting group this last weekend. This is what happened about ten minutes into the first day of hunting season on Silas' first hunting trip.
He posed a little later with the rack.
And all the guys took a group shot.
Silas and Tim teamed up to cut and freeze the meat, thanks to some advice from experienced friends. Silas is also researching how to mount a rack and has started that process, then he wants to be in charge of cooking all the meals this animal will provide for our family. Between this trip, the fishing he does, and various things he reads about outdoor living, I think we need to figure out some sort of elective credit. "Wilderness survival" or something like that. Hmmm ...
2 comments:
I love this for him! And for your family! Growing up with a hunting dad, we always had meat in the freezer. Dad had three girls in the house for the most part, and we didn't share his love of hunting ;-) What a confidence builder! Definitely worthy of a credit!
So proud of his initiative! What an accomplishment, he figured out a way to get it done. He must feel really good to be supporting his family this way.
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