Most boys like the idea of a ranch birthday. Well, since I am an outdoor blogvangeist expanding the hunting and fishing world, I am the perfect ranch birthday party guy. There happens to be a ranch as well. My son Thomas on the far right turned 9.
I feel all creative this morning and will use a "start at the end and take it back to the beginning" writing trick. Linear is so straightforward, it ain't fun.
At the end of the trip the boys gathered for a picture at the gate. Another successful ranch Birthday.
Then there were ranch Fairy duties. Basically, I am the ranch fairy. If something breaks, or the feeders run out, or...about 9,234 other things "just call Uncle Troy" is the standard response. Well, today we arrive to a broken pipe spewing water all over the bottom of the house. I am glad it is on piers or things would have been tough. A little glue and a handy 3/4" cap - water is tight and the house is back to normal. (Showers are great at the ranch!).
Quick unload and we started the barrage of .22 shell popping - a required ranch birthday activity. Mitchell getting warmed up with a Henry single shot.
(This is an excellent starter rifle for kids - as safe as a rifle can be)
Like grannies rushing a girdle sale "more, more, more, give me MORE!"
Two of my buddies own sweet AR - 15's with retractable stocks (yeah I know most of them are that way). But alas, here is the teaching part.
Low recoil, relatively inexpensive ammunition, and a 500 yard target at the ranch make for some significant rifle work.
Here's Rick ripping away with the new Rock River.
This is a FACT: Boys are gun curious. If you do not teach them how - they will never learn how and then you get some serious issues later on in life. Like I say every time at the ranch,
"Boys" I bellow out -
"Guns, knives, chainsaws, fast cars and women will always be interesting. They will also kill you"
We'll work on the cars and women part later.
Introducing every anti-gun weenie's nightmare!!!!
Mind you - these guys are shooting 500 yards at 9 and 11 years old, which proved quite difficult in 25 MPH SE wind, when you hit the steel target (the size of your chest) it was barely audible. The military might want to put in a draft pick......
Of course there was Spongebob cake - what do you think - I am a southern, redneck, tough guy, lift kit truck driving, tied down knife wearing "wanna be?" Oh, yeah, those guys DON'T TAKE THEIR KIDS........they are home tire shining the "33's.
There was pig population control, I will report later - waiting on photo's.
If you don't teach the next generation, who will?
I told you I was going to use a writing trick. I started with harmless gate pictures and a little plumbing problem, brought in some subtle (ha!) pro-gun nuances, then spun it back to finish with boys standing like runway models, on a cistern, below a harmless spongebob cake.
Not bad for a wanna be tough guy outdoorsman who is building the next generation of outdoorsmen.
Small Boy with Laugh Lines
A.D.D. is AWESOME
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