Day in the Desert with little man!!...an a Busse

Robdude

Robdude

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Needed my son's undivided attention.. i wanted to begin the process of teaching him to respect guns an knives... so we headed to our favorite place..the desert!! :D he listened so well, he got to see how dangerous a real gun is.. and got to do some Busse chopping with me right there...I'm so proud of him!


 
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nothing like some father son bonding action (i would say in the woods but the desert rocks pretty hard too)!

also, your son has awesome hair!
 
Sweet. I'll never forget my first outing as a young boy with Dad. Being a lifelong hunter and outdoorsman he wanted to impress on me the importance of gun safety. This is the first and foremost lesson that cannot be reiterated enough and has been blended into my DNA. I train my kids the same way.

With this in mind, he showed me his 22 rifle and its diminutive cartridge. It was the smallest cartridge he owned... so he explained. But it will "kill the biggest bull in the pasture". Even in my young hands the 22 cartridge seemed very small. I had doubts about it's ability to kill a bull.... or a bird for that matter.

Dad made an impression on me that day that is everlasting. He took a warm Coke... which he (in hindsight) had really agitated. Shot it with that 22 and the can exploded with great fury! He sent me to retrieve what was left of the can. I learned respect for firearms that day.

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Great shots man! Looks like a beautiful day in the sand. I have the same carseat for my kids BTW; it's baller :cool:
 
There is another big lesson being taught here. He sits alone on the vehicle holding a large and very sharp knife under his own control, out of immediate reach of dad.

The unspoken lesson: I trust you. You are responsible enough to do this, a lesson that so many kids today never get the chance to learn. My dad did the same with me, turning me loose with my own knife at age 4, and a single shot 12 gauge shotgun at age 8 (I was a very big kid and could handle the recoil.) I never got in trouble with either one.

Congratulations to you and the lucky young man.
 
MikeH said:
There is another big lesson being taught here. He sits alone on the vehicle holding a large and very sharp knife under his own control, out of immediate reach of dad.

The unspoken lesson: I trust you. You are responsible enough to do this, a lesson that so many kids today never get the chance to learn. My dad did the same with me, turning me loose with my own knife at age 4, and a single shot 12 gauge shotgun at age 8 (I was a very big kid and could handle the recoil.) I never got in trouble with either one.

Congratulations to you and the lucky young man.
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I wouldn't trust mine sitting on a smooth and sloped surface with way to go down.
Even myself might forget to throw an open knife to the side while slipping or falling.
Maybe if I'd been taught in my younger years?
 
very cool, Brother
 
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