Thread: The Great NZHS take a kid hunting comp

Got back from the range this afternoon and asked again who wants to go hunting and the boy was keen so we were off.
Drove up to spot x and walked the last 500meters or so up the track till we had a view of the face where goats usually hang out.
The boy was doing really well at being quiet and we parked up in the drissel and waited for the fog to lift a bit.
It didnt take long for it to lift enough to reveal some goats 300y distant and Xavier saw them in the binos too
Instructed to sit on my left slightly behind me with his hands over his ears the 308 barked twice and a billy and nanny fell.
Heading up to recover them.



He did pretty well climbing up for a short 4 year old even if he did have to get in 4wd lowbox most of the way
We found the Billy first.

And I left him there while I went to get the Nanny as it was to steep for a 4y old and kept yelling out to him as I was out of sight just to make sure he was OK and he was
the Billy/Nanny and Xavier

We gutted the nanny and showd all the important bits then I gave it the big round house throw out and down the hill towards the track. In 2020 hind sight this may have been a mistake as now Xavier was scared to walk back down but was fine going up.
Never mind with Dad holding his hand and a couple of lift downs he was fine. Back on the track he was back to his usual self chatting away non stop.