Learning with the Izula

Great pics! Always good to start them when they're young. Wish my dad had taught my that kind of stuff.
 
guntram said:
all these 'got out with my kid' posts are really inspiring. I'm really looking forward to doing the same with my kids when they get older. just out of curiosity, how old is your daughter? also, how old do you think is an appropriate age to start teaching your kids some of these skills? i started teaching my daughter about blazes on the tree marking the path about a year ago when she was just two. I'm not sure she totally gets it, but just in case, i want her to know where to go. as far as teaching them how to make fire, use knives, and even shooting though, how old would you say is good?
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Thats going to depend a bunch on the child. I got lucky, this one recently decided princess's were over rated and hiking / camping is cool. You on the other hand might have a child that is interested from the get go. I don't think you can really set an age on it. My thought is as soon as they are interested enough to start having fun with it and retaining some of the information. My daughter is 11 now but I started a couple years ago with some basic stuff.

I just got the mini mule for my 4 year old. A little bit of water, a granola bar for the end of the hike and some sun glasses. Later we'll start adding more of the ten essentials and teaching him how to use them.... as he grows and can carry more. In a fun way he'll learn what you should always carry in to the woods.
 
guntram said:
all these 'got out with my kid' posts are really inspiring. i'm really looking forward to doing the same with my kids when they get older. just out of curiosity, how old is your daughter? also, how old do you think is an appropriate age to start teaching your kids some of these skills? i started teaching my daughter about blazes on the tree marking the path about a year ago when she was just two. i'm not sure she totally gets it, but just in case, i want her to know where to go. as far as teaching them how to make fire, use knives, and even shooting though, how old would you say is good?
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How is this for "got out with my kid".

my son eating/Making smores in -23

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Man these threads always make me sad, my father was a big outdoors man. I never learned any of this stuff, I'm sure he taught me some things, we did go fishing and hiking every now and then but I can't say I remember any of it, too young I suppose. I hardly saw him, he was an alcoholic and was so ashamed of it; he hid it well for years. By the time I was a few months old he divorced from my mom, and she didn't take to kindly to his visits as I got older. By the time I realized how much I was like him, and how much we both would have loved practicing outdoors man skills together it was too late. You don't really know what you have till it's gone. I don't know if I'll ever get over how much we both missed out on; the older I get the more I miss him. He was a damn fine man, he just couldn't get rid of the booze, but not for lack of trying. He went to year long intensive rehabs in Alaska, but to no avail. All I can do is work to live in his honor, and learn and teach all I can about the outdoors.
 
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I love these kind of threads. I don't have any children (at least that I know about anyway), but I have lots of nieces and nephew, with five Godchildren in the mix too. I got to take my nephew camping at my gun club's kid's camp out. It was far from the wilderness, and we didn't really work on skills, more just getting him ok with camping out. He really enjoyed it, and is now in Cub scouts. I will treasure the memories from that simple overnight trip though, and I look forward to more.
 
huntmol said:
Great pics! Always good to start them when they're young. Wish my dad had taught my that kind of stuff.
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My father wasnt very "outdoorsy" besides his love of skiing. With two children of my own, I believe that you can never begin too early. My oldest is 3 years old, and he has already learned to pack his own bag (juice box, mini-mag light, and a whistle for starters. Oh, and his favorite toy car) for our "hikes" through the nearby nature preserve/parks. It is special time, and all my mentors tell me how quickly the time passes. This was a fantastic thread, and one that I read aloud to my wife- it helped further motivate us as a family. thank you!
 
Decklin said:
Thats going to depend a bunch on the child. I got lucky, this one recently decided princess's were over rated and hiking / camping is cool. You on the other hand might have a child that is interested from the get go. I don't think you can really set an age on it. My thought is as soon as they are interested enough to start having fun with it and retaining some of the information. My daughter is 11 now but I started a couple years ago with some basic stuff.

I just got the mini mule for my 4 year old. A little bit of water, a granola bar for the end of the hike and some sun glasses. Later we'll start adding more of the ten essentials and teaching him how to use them.... as he grows and can carry more. In a fun way he'll learn what you should always carry in to the woods.
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thanks... i'll have to try something like that. i usually just carry everything for all of us, but it would be cool to teach them that responsibility. my oldest daughter is getting to the point now where she can carry some stuff for herself and do a little walking on her own. besides, it's hard carrying everything when i've got another kid strapped to me and a camera bag as well. time to put the little mules to work. :)
 
guntram said:
thanks... I'll have to try something like that. i usually just carry everything for all of us, but it would be cool to teach them that responsibility. my oldest daughter is getting to the point now where she can carry some stuff for herself and do a little walking on her own. besides, it's hard carrying everything when I've got another kid strapped to me and a camera bag as well. time to put the little mules to work. :)
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I just read a great article in Survival Magazine Volume 1: Issue 3 "Kits for Kids" There was some real great pointers in there about how to make it fun for the kids. Everything from loading the pack, idea's for on the trail, and incentives for afterwords. Real good stuff. If you guys haven't checked out Survival Magazine, it really covers a wide variety of material...
 
That knife looks awesome with the finish stripped off. Wonder if ESEE would ever do a production of them uncoated. Nice knife and good pics.
 
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