Wisconsin has several programs that encourage seasoned hunters to take first timers out and help them get their first deer, duck or other game. Hunter Safety is as common among Wisconsin kids as getting your first bike. The kids taking this class have to be at least 12 years old so one of our enterprising state legislators came up with the idea of Mentoring young hunters. We’ve talked of Mentoring many times and I’ve heard many stories of the great successes it produced.
This past weekend a young Avoca hunter went deer hunting for the first time and the results are shown below. Alex Cole bagged his first deer on the first day of his hunt with a family friend who took him and his brother out hunting. Although Alex is only about 5 feet tall he was walking like he was ten feet tall when telling the story of his first buck. Brother Tyler got his first deer during the Youth Hunt earlier this fall.
Do you think we have a couple of new hunters? I’d bet on it. Oh by the way, Alex is donating his deer to the Donate a Deer Program since they have venison in the freezer from Tyler’s deer. A pretty good deal all around eh?
That first deer will be a memory both of these boys will tell about when they’re old men sitting around a campfire, taking their first timers out. I’d bet on it.
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