My son and I have hunted Osceola a few times and he loved it. Mostly we just scouted the place out. Today, I have to go to Orlando and planned on being there about 9am. We are only going to be in Orlando an hour or so and then heading back home. On the way home I told my son we would stop at Ocala national forest and check it out.
Here is how my morning went.
4:30am My son who won't wake up for school to a bomb is awake, knocking on my door asking me if we are leaving. I tell him we're leaving at 7, up at 6... Go back to bed.
5:00am My son keeps a rifle in his room, but I remove the bolt and keep it in my room for legal and safety reasons. He is knocking on my door asking for his bolt.
5:30am Another knock on the door to ask if he can load my truck up.
6:00am We are up.
I should be mad that I have been up since 4:30, but honestly, it's kinda cool seeing my 13 year old kid who thinks he is a man, act like it's Christmas morning.
There is no other feeling like that of being a Dad. To watch your kids be excited about anything is awesome. I took my nephew on his first hunt ever and got so many memories from that. I'm planning the first hunt ever with my daughter next weekend so I feel just as excited about that as your son is with going hunting with his dad
Great story! My son gets sad when i go up yo hunt camp without him. He gets more excited then me! He loved to be "the gate boy" , lol. I remember i brought my girls daughter up and i handed her the gate keys and said "ok your gate girl today" my son grabbed the keys and said "NO WAY IM THE ONLY GATE BOY, THERE IS NO GATE GIRL" lol
Sent From Cr0ck1' IPhone most likely from the woods.
I got an email yesterday from my 42 year old son. "Are we going hunting this weekend"? It never gets old when the kids get excited about going. And yes, Friday AM we are heading north to the lease.
Yeah, I know the feeling, it is a good feeling to be a father being rushed to go hunt.
:saluting
