Youth Hunt

This weekend is the youth hunt in Missouri which means that kids 6-11 can hunt with an adult. Emily went out with her daddy yesterday morning and sat for quite awhile in the blind. Finally a pretty nice doe came in but she wasn't ready to shoot it. She was afraid the gun would be too loud. So when they stopped by our house I put on her ear protection and shot the rifle, hoping it would encourage her, but in the end she decided to go home and give up on the hunting for the day. She might go back out this morning, she wasn't sure yet. She's been practicing with the gun so I'm not sure why it bothered her, maybe she's just not ready, she's only eight. I do think that it was nice for her to go out with Brad and spend a little time, just the two of them. With three kids, it's hard to have one on one time very often. I'm anxious to see if she goes back out.