{"id":131,"date":"2016-11-22T05:52:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tma65.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:38:21","slug":"teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Children the Importance of Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\"><div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p><span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting\/#Teaching_Children_the_Importance_of_Hunting\" >Teaching Children the Importance of Hunting<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting\/#Wildlife_Conservation\" >Wildlife Conservation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting\/#Land_Preservation\" >Land Preservation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/teaching-children-the-importance-of-hunting\/#2nd_Amendment\" >2nd Amendment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teaching_Children_the_Importance_of_Hunting\"><\/span>Teaching Children the Importance of Hunting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Teaching Children the Importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/all-about-hog-hunting\/\" title=\"All About Hog Hunting\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunting<\/a>. Many years ago now, a boy sat against the trunk of a great white oak, his father next to him, intently watching the canopy above for movement. In between the father and son rested an old .22 single shot that had been in the family for three generations, from the father\u2019s grandfather, and was on its way into the fourth. Countless squirrels and soda cans had fallen to the little single shot\u2019s crack.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The woods were mostly still. It had snowed the night before and a light crust covered the leaves as the sun shone brighter in the sky and the day warmed. The father spoke softly, recounting the days he sat right where the son leaned back in the crease of the old oak. The tree was still large then, when he was a boy, though it lacked the girth it would accumulate 30 years later. Like his father before him, he sat just to the left of his own son where he could help with the <a title=\"30mm vs 1 Inch Rifle Scope\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/30mm-vs-1-inch-rifle-scope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rifle<\/a> if needed when a shot opportunity arose though that would be unlikely as the son was already proficient as a shooter.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The father hadn\u2019t really listened all those years ago when his father spoke into the heart and soul of <a title=\"hunting\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/category\/hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting<\/a> rather than the surface-level dialogue of good days afield. He heard him, sure. But those conversations didn\u2019t really take hold until his teenage years when he began to understand the importance of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"hunting\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"281\">hunting<\/a>. Despite the ignorance of youth, the same messages would be applied to the young boy sitting just to his right.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wildlife_Conservation\"><\/span>Wildlife Conservation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The boy, now a man, smiles when he thinks back to how he perceived the outdoor world then compared to now. He \u201cshot stuff\u201d because it was fun. Today he kills in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/the-phases-of-a-deer-hunter\/\">conservation<\/a> and good food. As he grew older he killed less and worked more to increase a sustainable habitat for wildlife. The feeling of watching a <a title=\"Deer Candy: The Sawtooth Oak\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/deer-candy-the-sawtooth-oak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sawtooth oak<\/a> grow to maturity with the help of his own hands was comparable grasping the antlers of a big buck at the end of a blood trail. He learned that conservation is the most important cycle in the outdoors and the only way to keep it a balanced wheel is to continue shepherding the land and those around him that are eager to preserve what the Good Lord granted.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Land_Preservation\"><\/span>Land Preservation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Resting comfortably against the old oak, the father pointed to several trees and explained their significance to the environment. Some of them he had helped plant. \u201cThose persimmon trees just inside the tree line produce a choice fruit for all wildlife,\u201d he said. \u201cDeer, <a title=\"Why Turkey Hunting with Binoculars Works for Me\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/why-turkey-hunting-with-binoculars-works-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turkey<\/a>, raccoons, coyotes, you name it, will eat a persimmon all day, every day. You can spot the undigested seeds in their scat.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe very tree we lean back against,\u201d he continued, \u201chas provided thousands upon thousands of pounds of food for every wildlife specie in this area. A big white oak like this will also serve as a home for generations of squirrels. By the way, did you just hear one bark?\u201d<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">The boy was learning the importance of planting trees, grasses and other plants right there in those woods though he wasn\u2019t really aware of it at the time. The outdoor accomplishments he\u2019s most proud of today don\u2019t have anything to do with the mounts on his wall.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2nd_Amendment\"><\/span>2nd Amendment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">For many, many years as the boy grew older, he took for granted his given rights as a citizen of the <a title=\"Where to Kill Boone &#038; Crockett Animals in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/where-to-kill-boone-crockett-animals-in-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>. One of the most important is the right to bear arms; to own a gun such as the single-shot .22 that remains in his safe to this very day. He never would have thought that this would ever come under attack. Why would politics want to intrude on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/planning-a-caribou-hunt\/\" title=\"Planning a Caribou Hunt\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"763\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting<\/a>, something mankind has been doing since the Earth cooled?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Even as a grown man the the boy doesn\u2019t want to get too political though he now sees the importance of speaking up to be heard when it comes to the Bill of Rights. He\u2019s proud to be a gun owner. Proud to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/tag\/hunter\/\">hunter<\/a> and outdoorsmen. If only those who oppose these things knew that he has given more to Mother Nature in one weekend than they would in a lifetime.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify\">As the holidays near, a lot of us are going to spend ample time in the outdoors. Hopefully that time will be shared with friends and family. Sons, daughters, nieces and nephews are the most important people for the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/shed-hunting-with-a-binocular\/\" title=\"Shed Hunting With a Binocular\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting<\/a>. Take the time to let them know what it truly means to be a hunter, conservationist and preservationist. Even if they grow out of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/why-turkey-hunting-with-binoculars-works-for-me\/\" title=\"Why Turkey Hunting with Binoculars Works for Me\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting<\/a> but still have an appreciation for the outdoors, they\u2019ll be more knowledgeable because of these early conversations.<\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching Children the Importance of Hunting | TRACT design and engineer performance-grade optics without the added retail costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2258,2259],"tags":[2421,2422,2423,2424,2425,2427,2432,2433,2435,2797],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hunting","category-hunting-rifle-scope","tag-best-hunting-arrows","tag-best-hunting-binoculars-canada","tag-best-hunting-rangefinder","tag-best-hunting-scope","tag-best-hunting-scopes","tag-best-hunting-sunglasses","tag-best-lens-pen","tag-best-leupold-binoculars-for-hunting","tag-best-monocular","tag-hunting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11560,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/11560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}