My two boys want to learn about guns .... perhaps start hunting .... or owning a gun. I enrolled them / us?

in a local marksman club and am taking an NRA sponsored gun safety course. Do you have any other suggestions to further their interest ??My two boys want to learn about guns .... perhaps start hunting .... or owning a gun. I enrolled them / us?
I'd get them enrolled in hunter's safety as well. In our state the cost is minimal and it provides a wealth of knowledge. Theres no such thing as too many firearm courses. I would purchase a .22lr rifle/and or pistol and begin them on that. The recoil is almost non existent and it'll provide them with practice in shooting, safety, and proper handling techniques without breaking the bank. A box of 550 rounds will go for around 10-12 bucks. Let them show you that they can be responsible and then reward them with something a little higher up *like their first hunting rifle*. Just my .02 cents.My two boys want to learn about guns .... perhaps start hunting .... or owning a gun. I enrolled them / us?
Fantastic! There is nothing better than the outdoors to enjoy hunting, camping, fishing , with your boys.There was a study done one time on the inmates in the Georgia prison system.Less then 3% of the inmates had ever owned a hunting or fishing license. That means that you children will have an extremely good chance of being honest lawabideing citizens if you bring them up with the great outdoors involved in their life.


Found out if any of your friends or fellow employees hunt. Get them to take you and the kids on rabbit hunt with beagles ,perhaps or a squirrel hunt, or maybe a dove hunt in an open field. Anywhere so the kids can experiance the thrills of the hunt. Or maybe in a duck blind to shoot at some ducks decoying in to the decoys.Explain to them that it is not about the kill, but rather the enjoyment of the hunt itself and the beauty of nature , and the comradie of good friends and good people. take them when it's good weather at first, and don't turn the trip into an endurance contest that plays them out and makes them wish they were back home.Ease them into it at first ,and later you will have a hard time getting them to quit and go home. Good luck! You wont regret taking them!
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Help protect the right to do so.


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Let them have a say in which rifles they get. Within the limits you set of course.


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I love to ';window shop'; online





On Wednesday nights they have great gun shows on Versus.





USA Shooting


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SASS


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More options:


This is a great way to get in more shooting.


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Air rifle advantages - Same sight picture, breath control, trigger pull, with no felt recoil and very little noise.





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There is a new air rifle from Ruger that's just now hitting the markets, the Air Hawk. If this rifle lives up to the Ruger reputation for quality, the specs and expectations(mine) it would move right to the head of the class in it's price range($110)


Cobra Air


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Cobra Air says they have this one in stock
just get them involved in a youth camp to start them out
You've made a very good start there.





As a lifelong gun crank, I think I can say without fear of contradiction that all you have to do to further their interest in firearms is to continue to expose them to firearms, give them opportunities to shoot often, and allow them to read as much about firearms as they wish. Boys generally have a natural affinity to things that go ';BOOM.'; And they generally enjoy learning how they work.





Doc
take them hunting! teach them what the great outdoors is all about. the best thing anyone can ever do with a kid is teach them about the outdoors. it beats any video game!
enroll them and yourself in your states hunter safety course after the gun safety course.............then go out and enjoy
off to a good start, you did not say how old your boys are, there first gunis a big deal, if they are under 6 years old, I would get a bb gun first, teach the basics, the I would go u to a .22 or 410 shotgun, make sure the rifle matches there siz. from there, once they have shot and if they like it, as they gey older take them into the woods, and start teaching about hunting. it is a slow process, dont rush or force anything.
Congratulations, you are off to a very good start.





Have you discussed what kind of gun to get yet? Any interest in some of the competition shooting events?
You did a gret job starting them out. Letting them be with other gun shooters and enthusiants really creates an atmosphere that people can learn in. Just make sure you pound those safety rules into them. As for more learning it's a good idea to plan walks through the woods when there isn't an open season and teach them the signs made by diffrent animals and what to look for when you want find a good plot.
My kids loved to go plinking when they learned to handle their .22s well. We had a lot of empty country and plenty of tin cans so there really wasn't any problem with it.





Another thing they loved was shooting skeet with their first .410. The skeet shooting (hand held thrower) was probably the most fun of all and it's the fun that will hold their interest.