S-3 Ranch
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I gave my nephew a nice knife last year and he is a wimp
this year i wanted him to Come to the ranch to deer hunt, looking like he gets a $50 gift this year
How do you deal with gifts for nieces and nephews....
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this year i wanted him to Come to the ranch to deer hunt, looking like he gets a $50 gift this year
Hem
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That kind of family disregard bums me out Hank.
I hear a lot of wonder about how my kids aren't as you describe. It's not a wonder. Catering to kids is a bad idea.
Every kid needs a headlamp. If old enough Mora makes some fixed blade knives with blunt tips. There exist match-grade BBs. Even better are 11/64" ball bearings.
Every kid needs a headlamp. If old enough Mora makes some fixed blade knives with blunt tips. There exist match-grade BBs. Even better are 11/64" ball bearings.
pabearhunter
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I buy a new gun than tell them I was thinking of them when I bought it. Merry Christmas !
shannerdrake
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Kids aren’t soft, they are just trained to be by soft parents.
I have a nephew who is all boy but is being raised by a couple soft computer nerds. However, he has always looked up to me and thinks the stuff I do is super cool. So I have bought him things over the years that connect him to me and the outdoors.
When he was young I bough him Hunter Dan figurines. One time he watched me for hours when I cut up a massive tree that fell down in his yard so I bought him a toy stihl chainsaw. I got him and his sister hiking boots/shoes that matched the ones my wife and I wear. We actually got them for the whole family and took them hiking….once.
He also got lots of tractors and earth movers over the years.
When he was really young he got some stuffed animals but I always got him the ones that looked like real animals or hunting dogs and not cartoon animals.
I got him his first fishing pole and none of that Mickey Mouse 2ft pole garbage!
Now that he’s older it’s things like bikes, skateboard, etc. When he started reading I got him adventure based books. It’s a little unorthodox, but for me reading the Box Car Children really sparked adventure and outdoors in my mind. I built a fort by the train tracks after reading.
I push all the relatives to get outside.
Jamen
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i buy my nephew things he can do for activities. Board games, coloring books, activity books, cheap binoculars things that he has to go out and use. I also get clothes if he needs them. He got a red ryder last year from me for xmas. My sister was not too thrilled but i keep it at my house and we shoot when hes back. He will be getting a shot gun in a couple years and i will most likely be getting him a bow for his next birthday. He just turned 6 this year.
44hunter45
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My boys learned to read on Hank the Cowdog. Great stuff. My youngest is about to be 30. Whenever he starts slacking, I look at him and say, " Oh my leg!"
44hunter45
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My wife's brother was famous for this. That's why me and Mrs are on the donor list at ASPCA. We are still getting their phone calls and junk mail.
Potsie
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Same.
the whole commercialization of christmas & kids expecting gifts from everyone has turned me into a grinch as I get older. we are all apart some distance so there's no more exchanging, and we stopped shipping gifts years ago, what a pain in the a$$ and money to ship also....
not to hi-jack the thread, but jtm where you get your Brit from? (pic in your avatar)
I suppose I could send a DM or take it to the dog forum.....
