Teaching them when they are young

[kragiesardar]

Most hunting / fishing sites dont have many photos of kids with their Dads hunting. It helps introduce other kids to outdoor activities.
Pacific Salmon, Caught using a Berkley Uglystick with a Penn reel on 40 pounds sterelene using anchovies. Lost one large salmon to a seal that grabbed it and stripped my line.

[kragiesardar]

Turkey hunting up in Mendocino using CZ 580 drilling, 12 guage over 7 x57R. Used the 12 guage to shoot the turkey. Called it in using a Knight & Hale box call. Turkey hunting is a lot of fun but it is lousy eating. Even tried to get the birds smolked, still taste lousy.

Will post more later.

[Sakobav]

Thanks for the photos and thats great taking the young ones on the trips.

Cheers

[indian]

excellent pictures sardaar saab i must say your kids are really lucky i had shot wild turkeys and like doing them in the biryani style.you can find my pictures in hunting section

[Mark]

Good for you Kragiesardar, and great pictures too!

It's important to do also because they don't stay that small for that long!


Here are a few of mine-



My oldest son, back when he was smaller than me:



I got my daughter a pink knife a couple years ago. If any of you have daughters who like pink, I heartily recommend this! I had to get her a diving knife but of course she doesn't care, it's her "hunting knife" and that is all there is to it. Seriously, she cut up probably 1/3 of this deer! We had a lot more hamburger instead of steaks, but hamburger sure tastes better when your daughter helps you make it!






Here is a pretty old one, with a deer I hunted with a bow and arrow.

[indian]

excellent pictures mark looks like a lot of fishing done according to the first picture

[kragiesardar]

Great Pictures! Hope others will contribute also. Pink handgun grips when they grow up, maybe?

[TenX]

Great pics... and a great family
... The Salmons looked good...

Even tried to get the birds smolked, still taste lousy...

[Mark]

Great Pictures! Hope others will contribute also. Pink handgun grips when they grow up, maybe?

If only I'll be able to get off so cheap, not likely!

Probably be more like this:

[Mark]

Also, for the wild turkeys they make a clear plastic "roasting bag" that you can cook the birds in that does a good job.

Pic I pulled off the web:

[kragiesardar]

Thanks Mark, will check out those bags.

[lazybones]

Great pictures KS and Mark. Really represents what we're really all about.

Ashok

[indian]

nice pictures mark they sure look like expensive piece of work

[shooter]

they had a pink browning out in the us.

paaji, i have cooked turkey tikkas, and turkey keema tastes really gr8 too. also turkey kababs

[kragiesardar]

Went snorkeling with the two dudes in Crystal River Florida for Manatees - They can weigh over a 1,000 pounds, kind of unreal being in the water with two kids that would not break a 100 pounds each and getting to within 20 feet of these gentle giants.

With a face only its mother could love, a body able to discourage any predators just because of its large size and the knack for gaining popularity even as its population decreases, the Florida manatee has become an icon of Florida wildlife.

In January 2000, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) counted only a little more than 2,200 manatees surviving. In 1999, the all-time high death toll was 268, and within the first three months of this year, 100 had already died. The Florida manatee is on the brink of extinction.

Florida has passed many laws to protect manatees - beginning in 1893. Since 1907, a $500 fine has been imposed on anyone who harms or kills a manatee. The manatee itself was listed as an endangered species in 1967, and protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) treaty in 1973. The State of Florida was designated a refuge and sanctuary of manatees by the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act in 1978, yet many years later, the manatee still faces the risk of being wiped off the face of the earth. A good look at the manatee's characteristics, behavior and habitat reveals why.

Non-Aggressive and Slow-Moving Creatures
The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus) is a subspecies of the West Indian Manatee - part of the sirenian order of mammals that includes manatees and dugongs around the world. Closely related to the elephant, the manatee is Florida’s state marine mammal. "Gentle giants," as they are called, manatees are herbivorous, feasting daily on vegetation up to as much as 15% of their body weight, which includes very little fat. Averaging 10 feet long and 1,000 lbs., an adult manatee spends 6 to 8 hours eating, and the rest of the day resting or traveling.

Manatees are grayish brown in color, oftentimes influenced by the growth of algae on their thick and wrinkled skin. Their bodies resemble the seal's, and their whiskered snouts look like the walrus' without tusks. Forelimb flippers act like arms that allow them to maneuver, to "walk" in shallow water and to bring food to their flexible, grasping lips, while a powerful, flat tail propels their massive bodies across the water.

Able to hold their breath for up to 15 minutes while resting, manatees have huge lungs that exchange 98% of their contents in one breath. Their nostrils, located on top of their faces for easy breathing, have tight-fitting flaps that keep the water out when they're submerged. Gushes of strong exhalation at the water surface reveal the manatees' presence.

Manatees move slowly, and they are also slow to reproduce. Females mature in 5 to 9 years and give birth to one calf every 2 to 5 years. Young manatees nurse underwater, on teats under the mother's flippers. They alongside the mother for about 2 years, learning travel routes and survival skills.