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Originally Posted by ghak99
Good stuff GloryDayz. 
Had a family member bring one of his friends "city kids" out to kill a doe this weekend. Said family member is basically considered the redneck Rambo where he lives and he often shares pictures and talks about all the guys back home being killing machines, so who knows what this poor kid had imagined he was about to go do. Put him in a 99% guaranteed deal for an experienced hunter and thankfully he managed to get one. Looks like it was good for getting his and his mom's inner city/suburbania social media circle the sight of at least one dead critter picture and being a teen I'm sure he'll have to tell the story at least a hundred times.
He only got a little blood on him, but he held the legs and watched/learned the process up close and personal and said he thought he could do it himself the next time. One of the best lines came right after.... "My step dad would have puked seeing that".  He's suppose to get to learn how to actually skin and process it after school today. |
The other young man who was assigned to us (my son and me) comes from pretty-much what you describe, but that happens quite a bit in scouting. But giving these young men an experience "from the other side" is good, especially when you think about how scouting is all outdoors'y type stuff. In this case my son, who watched a lot after his first kill, is now pretty-much needing no help with the field dressing, and what help he needs has to do with holding the deer so he can get in there and do the deed(s). And butchering is coming along nicely too. He pulled the tenderloins and backstraps off as well as anybody can hope, he pulled the shoulder off and wasted very little, and the neck was thick, and I was pretty impressed with his work there too. Now the hams need some work, but that's not new, and no matter how many times you've seen them you soon realize you aren't them. But hey, like I told him, use the tip of your knife and go slow.. He did OK. That buck yielded 94 pounds of processed meat. The doe won't be nearly that much, but will end up on the table(s) of the needy after we butcher it.
But here's the great news, that other young scout didn't think twice about getting in there and helped more than most "supposedly hunting savvy" adults - you know, the ones who buy their first rifle "new"... And if that young scout harvests one during the 2nd youth portion (last weekend in Nov/first day of Dec around here), I'm pretty sure that he and my son won't need much help at all.
Good times and very rewarding...