I told my daughter on Friday that we were heading to the local range where they were running a 4-H and NRA youth Archery and rifle program in the morning. She whined and cried that sh didn't want to go. I told her that if she didn't like it, she would never have to go back but that she should at least try it.
So Saturday morning I tell her to get dressed because we are heading to the youth program. She whined and cried some more and again I told her that she would go but that if she didn't like it, she would never have to go again.
We got there and there were very few people there (good thing... less pressure). She had a little trouble figuring out which way to point the bow... (imagine a child with the bow in hand and the string on the opposite side). She ended up doing very well towards the end breaking 3 balloons from a distance of about 15 feet.
I asked her if she wanted to try the rifle and she was excited to do that too! The rifle was a very small .22 caliber bolt action youth rifle. She was the only one on the line shooting from a standing position (everyone else shot from the bench with the rifle supported on a rest). All her shots were on the paper at 25 feet and she never wanted to stop even thought she kept having trouble loading the rifle... the bolt was a bit sticky.
For the record she's 9 years old.
So Saturday morning I tell her to get dressed because we are heading to the youth program. She whined and cried some more and again I told her that she would go but that if she didn't like it, she would never have to go again.
We got there and there were very few people there (good thing... less pressure). She had a little trouble figuring out which way to point the bow... (imagine a child with the bow in hand and the string on the opposite side). She ended up doing very well towards the end breaking 3 balloons from a distance of about 15 feet.
I asked her if she wanted to try the rifle and she was excited to do that too! The rifle was a very small .22 caliber bolt action youth rifle. She was the only one on the line shooting from a standing position (everyone else shot from the bench with the rifle supported on a rest). All her shots were on the paper at 25 feet and she never wanted to stop even thought she kept having trouble loading the rifle... the bolt was a bit sticky.
For the record she's 9 years old.