Renamed: crisis averted

[perma]

Well….. did you take it?

I bought a crossbow a couple years back thinking it would be an easy entry for my six year old. Shoot a deer during firearms season with it, you know?

Well, he’s shot it about six times. Likes shooting bow better and it turns out a 20 gauge and a 7mm08 are pretty easy entry too.

I still like to shoot it for fun every now and then, but it mostly just hangs in the garage.

I’m going with some wise advice from @mtmuley. I’ll keep the story to myself. Not so much that I’m scared of being flamed for either taking it or being a jerk for not accepting a gift.

There was a much deeper meaning to the story that I didn’t know about before I wrote this. Had I known that, I’m not sure I would have posted this. So while there may have been some comedic factors to this post and maybe some unnecessary name calling, I did you all unfair. My bad.

What I will say, so that I can close the book with all of you, is that there was a positive and humbling solution at the end of this, and that you will NOT see nephew perma hunting with a crossbow.

I thought about what it would be like to crossbow hunting a pronghorn. I really don’t think I’d have as much fun. There’s too much of a thrill for me to get that close to one, getting busted and watching them all run in an order.

 

[elevatorman]

Wack’em and stack’em

I had that on the back glass of my f150 in high school. Did indeed whack alotta deer and stack them after butchering. I'm sure I was the but of a few jokes though. Kinda how I laugh now when I'm at a stop light and see guys with huge Cummins or Powerstroke stickers all over everything.

In all seriousness. Crossbows are like a gateway drug into sipping tea and being light in your loafers. I'd politely decline and keep shooting a regular bow

 

[TheTone]

I’ll admit it; I think they’re kinda fun to shoot. It’s not even close to the same as shooting a bow as far as need to practice, skill etc. it’s just a different tool. I’d hunt with one if I had one but I’d never call it bow hunting

 

[Khunter]

I’m biting my tongue as I was texting that!!!

Hope so. There is a bigger lesson papa can give, like patience and knowing it is OK and fun to participate in a hunt without a tag. LOL.

 

[LuketheDog]

The sad thing is….my grandson who’s 11 got a crapload of $$$ for Christmas n what’s he want to get…….a crossbow so he can hunt w Papa during bow season as well as rifle!!!!

I saw in a movie once that the ancient Spartans would cull children who weren't satisfactory...