Quality time/Kid's first shoot/tree farm

Seven© · 04-12-2008, 09:46 PM

Good times, good times !!

Excellent weather today. Free time. Decided me and the kid would take a walk in the tree farm and let her shoot her Crickett .22 for the first time.

Getting ready for the walk...

Making sure neither one of the neighbors are up to "no good"...

Everything checked clear. Time to hit the tree farm...

I've posted before about the coyotes in my back yard in the mornings. This pic shows where we see them in the evening noted by the red "*'s" and their den. We always see them late on the ridge, just in front of the upper field...

Half way down to the bottom, the kid shouts "Look Dad! A prairie dog!"...

Sure enough! Right here in WNC! A prairie dog! Kids tickle me. Damn, I'm shaky with the camera on 16x...HELLO MR. "PRAIRIE DOG!" lolz...

Anyways, time to bust a few caps...

Not too bad for a seven year old rookie. In a few years, it'll be "Au revoir, Mr. Prairie Dog."

Also found this track in the bottom today. Woot...

A few random shots walking back up to the house...

My apologies for all the pics.

I love my kid. I love my wife. I love my dog, guns, and the outdoors. I don't have enough time to spend with any of them. When I do, it's good times. Had to share.

ShotInTheDark · 04-12-2008, 10:05 PM

Sounds like fun. Looks like you got a future pro on your hands!
That's an Akita, right? That dog is absolutely awesome.
Milkbone is having a contest for a "spokesdog". You should enter.

Link:
Milk-Bone 100th Anniversary

Seven© · 04-12-2008, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShotInTheDark

That's an Akita, right? That dog is absolutely awesome.
Milkbone is having a contest for a "spokesdog". You should enter.

Yes. And thanks.

Milkbone wouldn't want her as a "spokesdog." She is a killer. My insurance company says so. I pay a higher premium because I own an Akita.

squirrelbaster · 04-13-2008, 08:56 AM

sorry for all the pics?!?! we love pic!!! and those were good one. and yeah thats a great lookin dog. sounds like a great day! wish i had more days like that!

wunhunglo · 04-13-2008, 10:06 AM

I loved the way you blacked out the eyes on your dog so we couldn't identify her!!!!!

Windwalker · 04-13-2008, 10:19 AM

Thanks for the pics. Please post more when you can. Keep her shooting for the youth of today are America's hope for the future. You have a beautiful place.

Long Shanks · 04-13-2008, 08:11 PM

Any man who loves all he has is man in my book. Keep loving and keep showing. Real men are hard to come by these days. Nice pooch and beautiful girl. Must make a man proud.

CalifgirlinOk · 04-13-2008, 08:33 PM

The most important thing is family and the time we spend with them.It looks to me you three had a great day and thats what matters.....NICE PICS !!!

Seven© · 04-13-2008, 10:09 PM

Thanks for all the positive comments. Sometimes I wish people like all of us could get the "anti-gun" people to spend a day in our lives.

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Originally Posted by Long Shanks

Any man who loves all he has is man in my book. Keep loving and keep showing. Real men are hard to come by these days. Nice pooch and beautiful girl. Must make a man proud.

Bro, you made my day. I learn more about life by spending time with my kid than I can teach her, but I try. I saw groundhog vermin. She saw the first real life prairie dog she'd ever seen! Lesson learned...learn to see through kid's eyes. Be excited about normal day-to-day happenings.

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Originally Posted by Windwalker

Thanks for the pics. Please post more when you can. Keep her shooting for the youth of today are America's hope for the future. You have a beautiful place.

Thank you. Sometimes I feel the work involved isn't worth it. The money I make on the trees I sell comes close to paying the property taxes, and that's good enough. In today's times, it's just enough to have a little land you can feel free on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CalifgirlinOk

The most important thing is family and the time we spend with them.

Amen. And like most of you peeps, I wish I had more time.

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Originally Posted by wunhunglo

I loved the way you blacked out the eyes on your dog so we couldn't identify her!!!!!

She's in the witness protection program. She once killed a man in Reno. Just to watch him die.

wunhunglo · 04-14-2008, 12:32 AM

[QUOTE]She's in the witness protection program. She once killed a man in Reno. Just to watch him die.

[/QUOTE]

Lucky she didn't end up in Folsom!

Seven© · 04-15-2008, 05:45 PM

On the way home from school today, the kid asked if we could take Midori and walk in the tree farm. Hellz yeah!! Maybe I'm getting her turned on to the outdoors...

Watching the kid and dog cracks me up...

No "prairie dogs" were out today. Hmmm. I wonder why...

Hey. Wait a minute. I'm starting to feel like a third wheel, the fat kid at PE...

04-12-2008, 09:46 PM	#1
Seven© Exalted Grand Poobah Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: WNC Posts: 739 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 2	Quality time/Kid's first shoot/tree farm Good times, good times !! Excellent weather today. Free time. Decided me and the kid would take a walk in the tree farm and let her shoot her Crickett .22 for the first time. Getting ready for the walk... Making sure neither one of the neighbors are up to "no good"... Everything checked clear. Time to hit the tree farm... I've posted before about the coyotes in my back yard in the mornings. This pic shows where we see them in the evening noted by the red "'s" and their den. We always see them late on the ridge, just in front of the upper field... Half way down to the bottom, the kid shouts "Look Dad! A prairie dog!"... Sure enough! Right here in WNC! A prairie dog! Kids tickle me. Damn, I'm shaky with the camera on 16x...HELLO MR. "PRAIRIE DOG!" lolz... Anyways, time to bust a few caps... Not too bad for a seven year old rookie. In a few years, it'll be "Au revoir, Mr. Prairie Dog." Also found this track in the bottom today. Woot... A few random shots walking back up to the house... My apologies for all the pics. I love my kid. I love my wife. I love my dog, guns, and the outdoors. I don't have enough time to spend with any of them. When I do, it's good times. Had to share. __________________ In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritu*s Sancti.

04-12-2008, 10:05 PM	#2
ShotInTheDark Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 28	Sounds like fun. Looks like you got a future pro on your hands! That's an Akita, right? That dog is absolutely awesome. Milkbone is having a contest for a "spokesdog". You should enter. Link: Milk-Bone 100th Anniversary Last edited by ShotInTheDark; 04-12-2008 at 10:08 PM.

04-13-2008, 08:56 AM	#4
squirrelbaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,237	sorry for all the pics?!?! we love pic!!! and those were good one. and yeah thats a great lookin dog. sounds like a great day! wish i had more days like that! __________________ "My Shotgun SAYS I AM the POLICE !"--Mooseman684 "I like Turtles!" youtube kid

04-13-2008, 10:19 AM	#6
Windwalker Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 3,543	Thanks for the pics. Please post more when you can. Keep her shooting for the youth of today are America's hope for the future. You have a beautiful place. __________________ America: Love it and protect it or leave it

04-13-2008, 08:33 PM	#8
CalifgirlinOk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,737	The most important thing is family and the time we spend with them.It looks to me you three had a great day and thats what matters.....NICE PICS !!! __________________ "Most of the troubles in the world is caused by people wanting to be important". T.S.Eliot

04-13-2008, 10:06 AM	#5
wunhunglo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: currently "Sunny West Africa" Posts: 1,650	I loved the way you blacked out the eyes on your dog so we couldn't identify her!!!!!

04-13-2008, 08:11 PM	#7
Long Shanks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 141	Any man who loves all he has is man in my book. Keep loving and keep showing. Real men are hard to come by these days. Nice pooch and beautiful girl. Must make a man proud.

04-14-2008, 12:32 AM	#10
wunhunglo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: currently "Sunny West Africa" Posts: 1,650	[QUOTE]She's in the witness protection program. She once killed a man in Reno. Just to watch him die. [/QUOTE] Lucky she didn't end up in Folsom!

04-15-2008, 05:45 PM	#11
Seven© Exalted Grand Poobah Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: WNC Posts: 739 Images: 15 Blog Entries: 2	On the way home from school today, the kid asked if we could take Midori and walk in the tree farm. Hellz yeah!! Maybe I'm getting her turned on to the outdoors... Watching the kid and dog cracks me up... No "prairie dogs" were out today. Hmmm. I wonder why... Hey. Wait a minute. I'm starting to feel like a third wheel, the fat kid at PE... __________________ In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.