Our club runs one of the youth pheasant hunts in central MA yesterday. I've had a lot of hunting memories, but out of anything I do, this day is always tops. I do some of the training with them on shooting starting in August, once a week before the hunt...it's great to see them improve quickly over the summer on skeet, and trap. Its a great program. We have a bunch of mentors, guys with dogs willing to give their time,cooks cooking breakfast on hunt day, and parents that are willing to drive many miles to the range practices, pre hunt workshop, and hunt.
Anway, we took 17 kids out yesterday.....all of them got 2 birds. The dog had more fun than the kids I think though....the whole thing was awesome, kids were very thankful and really appreciated our time. Its good to see the interest and the hard work they are willing to put in to get better.