A fairly irresponsible suggestion, appreciate stating 'when they are old enough' and brief the safety aspects, however allowing any youngster, or even adult lose with a firearm and suggest the simply get on with it is a recipe for disaster and possibly worse.
Yeeeah I don't think that flies in 2026, on like multiple levels. Also it really sounds like you have a somewhat warped perception of young people...
We saw many parents with children-Mum's & Dad's, with their Son's or Daghters, sometimes whole families, attending the early HFT shoots. What better way to enjoy family time outdoor's together, with a little "in family" competition for fun.
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Also, I live in a pretty remote area but there’s always someone around: that farmer on his quad, that bumbling tourist who doesn’t know how to navigate, that dog walker , those urban explorer type clowns, fell runners, mtbs, paragliders….each one of these can call 999 if they assume the worst.
Spot on wing commanderWhen I was a boy, there was no Internet, no mobile phones, and no video games.
Spending hours in your bedroom was considered a punishment.
TV was in black and white and we had a choice of two channels... and very few programs were aimed at kids over the age of 4. . . Mercifully, rap music hadn't been invented, and other songs didn't have swear words in the lyrics.
The height of desire for most kids was having a bicycle. ... or making a carty from planks of wood and a set of old pram wheels... no brakes, of course... If we were lucky, we had an air rifle to shoot in our back gardens.
We didn't have "instant gratification"... we had to work at it.. and it felt good.
Basically, we went outside to play and we made real friends. We went back home when the street lights came on.
It was a totally different era. We used our imaginations to make fun.
To a greater extent, modern technology has robbed modern kids of that style of childhood... and society in general is noticeably poorer for it.
If we can drag modern youngsters away from their screens by showing them real pastimes, and having them socialise with real people, I consider it to be a success.
As an aside, when my grandchildren stay with me, they are totally banned from screens. . . It's amazing how quickly they turn back into children.
I can understand where your coming from, even if the wording is a bit ambiguous, if my understanding is that not all adults or at my age 59 want to be in the company of children when out and doing things that we enjoy, I.e shooting and fishing, one example I went fishing last year with my eldest son who’s 34, there was kids about 15 or so on the pond 3 of them, the pond was an hour drive away, anyway after about 2 hours they must of been bored and started throwing stones and rocks in the pond near to where we were fishing, just ruined our day, we ended up sacking it and coming home, same as going the pub when my children were kiddies we made sure they didn’t ruin other peoples day out, but this day and age the parents let them run riot whilst their on their mobiles etc, fair play to anyone who takes kids to whatever hobby or pastime that they enjoy or partake in, but I think it’s only a fair comment not expecting every adult to be in the company of kids, especially when you’ve raised your family and want some me time so to speak or if you have kids at home and want or need a break from them, If that’s what you were meaning. Sometimes though it’s better to suffer in silence than express your views though. People take things the wrong way to easily.
