Deer Hunters?

[Hoot Crawford]

Any deer Hunters on here? I do not hunt, but having grown up in Southern Ohio, it is very common. Somehow, on FB I am now getting posts from a local "Conservation Club", showing pictures of kids with their first "harvest". So far, the youngest has been 4 years old. He is in the photo. Would you let your 4 year old pull the trigger on a rifle?

 

[Marie Miller]

You modify stock and load and coach safety and respect for the animal and the environment over and over and over. You are joined at the hip with them.

 

[Connie Bennett]

A friend just sent me a foto of her five year old grandson in the exact same pose as above on the OH/PA border.

The Dad actually pulled the trigger. They are several generations of hunters, so they play by all the safety rules.

That said, CWD is a becoming a big issue in Middle Tennessee. The TWRA is asking folks to have their deer harvest tested for it. While they say CWD won’t affect a human, they are also saying to NOT eat the meat of an infected deer.