Traditions

[Stephen Borud]

I filled one of my two antelope doe tags yesterday. I usually draw a buck tag about every 4-5 years so I always put in for antelope doe tags for meat. My boys always look forward to walking the hills, eating licorice, widdling on sage brush and last but not least helping me out when I kill a goat. I have four boys, the oldest is 13 years old today, my youngest just turned six in September. All of my boys except my youngest have been in the field with me since they were three years old. My youngest son has Autism so it will be a few more years before he is able to hunt with me, but he will hunt with me.

This is a tradition that I started with my kids, I believe is one of the most important things I can teach them! I have seen so many dads leave there kids home instead of bringing them along on their hunting trips. Those kids are missing out on some major character building. In this day and age of iPads, iPhones and video games they are easily distracted from real life. I ask my sons friends if they hunt, fish, shoot guns and bows! 90% don't. I honestly can't believe that these boy's parents do not hunt or fish or shoot a gun for that matter! Honestly my boys are in the minority, it's very sad. When one of my sons has a friend stay over I always make a point to teach them about hunting or shooting. I feed them elk, antelope or deer, tell them where and how I killed the animal they are eating, I've gotten some interesting looks and lost appetites as well .


Anyways, I think this is the 13th or 14th animal I've killed with a Sharps in the past 10 years. This particular doe ate a 473 grain paper patch bullet from my 50 2 1/2. It was a 298 yard shot from the top of a butte. The wind was from right to left at a fairly good clip. The bullet impacted her in front of the hind quarters, broke her spine and blew her liver up. She bled out very fast.

I had another blessed day with two of my sons, on the prairies of Wyoming. I really appreciate these hunts, and I know my sons do too.

Stephen

[Don McDowell]

Good job Stephen.

[Steve Anderson]

Good for you taking the kids and making the memories! Pretty nice shot too.

[Stephen Borud]

Thanks Steve and Don.

[rdnck]

Super deal all the way around, Stephen. Great shot with an outstanding rifle with traditional ammunition. The boys are getting to see for themselves how it should and can be done, and they will carry these memories with them all their lives. Teaching by example is teaching at its best. Shoot straight, rdnck.

[Rowdy Rick]

Great job raising those young ones up the right way!

Rick

[Kurt]

It just don't get any better then that Stephen. Keep it up as long as they want to join you.

[Stephen Borud]

Thank you my friends for the kind words. My dad did the same thing with me when I was a young lad and I cherish all those memories. my oldest son will be with me this weekend for my second doe hunt. He genuinely gets it, we have had long discussions about hunting with these guns and why I choose too. He makes me proud to be his dad. My younger boys will follow suite when they get older. Its not just a kill, it's the quality of the hunt that I'm after.

SB

[Kurt]

Stephen, the quality is both of you are doing it together. And someday one of your Sons will carry that same shooter and think of the time you had together with it when his Children Son or Daughter are doing what you are now.

[Stephen Borud]

That's my hope Kurt.