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kkp005 · 03-03-2021, 09:13 PM

My little girl will be 4 in April. She is infatuated with shooting hogs, coyotes and deer. One of her favorite things to do with me is ride around and look at dead hogs the day after I kill them with thermal.

Now all she wants to watch on YouTube with me is videos of deer and hogs getting skinned. I actually think it’s pretty cool that she isn’t grossed out and she genuinely wants to learn about skinning and then eating them.......My wife on the other hand is afraid she’s going to turn into the next Norman Bates... lol.

I don’t see anything wrong with it but is it bad for me to let her watch that stuff??

Fishndude · 03-03-2021, 09:16 PM

I think it’s fantastic. Mix in an educational aspect and it’s even better.

AggieRod · 03-03-2021, 09:18 PM

Yes

MUZZYSLINGR · 03-03-2021, 09:19 PM

Nothing wrong with it. My son was like that when he was very young too.

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Killer · 03-03-2021, 09:19 PM

Maybe Mom doesn’t want you turning her into a “Tom Boy”?
I don’t see anything wrong with it sounds normal for me. Kids like to do what their parents do.

okrattler · 03-03-2021, 09:21 PM

I was "helping" clean pheasants and quail at a young age and looking at bits and pieces of prairie dogs after my Uncle and Grandpa got done shooting them. I don't wear women's clothing and murder people or anything. I don't think it's that big of a deal.

If you catch her drowning cats and puppies in the backyard when she gets older you might want to worry but just looking at dead hogs and watching hunting videos won't hurt anything.

Backwoods101 · 03-03-2021, 09:23 PM

If it was your son would this have been brought up in a conversation?

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Briar Friar · 03-03-2021, 09:45 PM

When she starts stringing pig ears on a necklace and wearing them to school to complement her muddy girl camo...completely acceptable.

Tally Ho!
Keep up the good work Dad.

rjtkdplus · 03-03-2021, 09:47 PM

My little girl is the same way. She’s 24 now

CurrentTide · 03-03-2021, 09:57 PM

My 4 year old's favorite show is MeatEater. She's been with me in the blind when I killed a doe this fall and helped me skin and quarter it. We've had lots of fun making "deer snacks" (aka: jerky) out of her together. I told her she can go turkey hunting with me this fall and she can't stop talking about it.

Can't say my wife is crazy about it, but the little girl loves being outside so I'm not holding her back!

My point of concern is teaching gun safety and not discussing guns or pretending to play with guns outside our family. I know others will have opinions on that subject, but that's mine.

Hoggslayer · 03-03-2021, 10:19 PM

My daughter cleans her own game also. Helped clean her first rabbit at 3. This was her at 5. https://youtu.be/AjX5xXy8nBQ

BayouCat · 03-03-2021, 10:25 PM

Sounds like a great kid. Be thankful she has a strong interest in the outdoors and hunting. I wouldn't change a thing.

Afisher81 · 03-03-2021, 10:32 PM

My 5 year old daughter is the same way. Anything I bring home she wants to check it out and watch me clean it weather it be fish or birds. She gets a little disgusted with some of it but she wants to keep watching and helping.

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cbd10pt · 03-03-2021, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoggslayer

My daughter cleans her own game also. Helped clean her first rabbit at 3. This was her at 5. https://youtu.be/AjX5xXy8nBQ

How do you break this thing open? To funny

AntlerCollector · 03-04-2021, 05:45 AM

Sounds like this thread should be about how to correct your wife’s thinking.

kkp005 · 03-04-2021, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by AntlerCollector

Sounds like this thread should be about how to correct your wife’s thinking.

I’m going to show her the thread to prove that I’m right and she’s wrong...like always 😂

kkp005 · 03-04-2021, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Briar Friar

When she starts stringing pig ears on a necklace and wearing them to school to complement her muddy girl camo...completely acceptable.

Tally Ho!
Keep up the good work Dad.

Well we were riding in a bus at the ski resort recently.. There were lots of hanging handles that hung down in the bus for people to hold on to......she asked me very loudly if those handles were for hanging hogs. Embarrassed the hell out of the wife
😂😂😂

MnM · 03-04-2021, 06:14 AM

I think it’s fine too.

SaintBlaise · 03-04-2021, 07:18 AM

Being interested in the anatomy of animals could lead her to med school. You may have a surgeon as a daughter one day.

SaintBlaise · 03-04-2021, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoggslayer

My daughter cleans her own game also. Helped clean her first rabbit at 3. This was her at 5. https://youtu.be/AjX5xXy8nBQ

Dang...your daughter is a tough one.

krausejmk · 03-04-2021, 07:34 AM

Seems normal to me

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Landrover · 03-04-2021, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishndude

I think it’s fantastic. Mix in an educational aspect and it’s even better.

Bingeaux!!! My daughter loved to help skin and gut. Now 23 and sitting for the MCAT exam in May while doing her masters in Research. Education was always part of out time.

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El General · 03-04-2021, 07:44 AM

I’d be more worried about your wife.

rtp · 03-04-2021, 08:25 AM

I would be more worried about her turning into Lizzy Borden than Norman Bates, lol.

Gclyde28 · 03-04-2021, 08:32 AM

I aint got any kids but I don't see anything wrong with it.

I always tell my wife I could agree with her, but then we would both be wrong.

.....she doesn't really appreciate it.

toomuchsun · 03-04-2021, 09:04 AM

My daughter (I have 2 and they are not alike at all) is older than a lot of you folks reading this now but when I would clean animals fish and whatever, she loved to watch and touch the heart and guts at very early ages. Never hesitated pulling the trigger for her first doe very early on. She now owns a private educational coaching business for all ages and has included contracts assisting veterans concerns along with teachers and PHDs on staff. So I say it is fine! She does not even hunt as an adult but respects those who do and probably would again.

Graysonhogs · 03-04-2021, 09:11 AM

It's far better than the mind numbing, senseless drivel I see most kids watching.

TxDispatcher · 03-04-2021, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kkp005

Well we were riding in a bus at the ski resort recently.. There were lots of hanging handles that hung down in the bus for people to hold on to......she asked me very loudly if those handles were for hanging hogs. Embarrassed the hell out of the wife
😂😂😂

That is AWESOME!!!

smokeless · 03-04-2021, 09:38 AM

I think it’s great. She has an inquisitive mind and wants to learn. Nothing wrong with that.

SaltwaterSlick · 03-04-2021, 09:46 AM

Well, first of all, I don't have a clue who this "Noman" guy is/was, but your description of your daughter is most father's dreams!! Both my son and daughter grew up hunting and loved it. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about all the organs as we gutted them. My daughter told me that our deer were more fun to gut than "Uncle Ernie's"... Most all the deer we shot back then with a gun were head shot and, well let's just say "Uncle Ernie's" were sometimes a mess with green stuff and such mixed in the area a bit!... My son continued to hunt/fish and be in the outdoors until his untimely early passing. My daughter still loves the outdoors and loves it when her two sons go hunting with Poppa... She does not hunt any longer, but thoroughly loves the outdoors... She's a high school G&T math teacher, Sunday School teacher for the kids, and has never far as I know wanted to gut a human to learn about his organs...

I say good on you dad, and maybe you need to get your wife in on the fun!!

Tx_Wader · 03-04-2021, 10:17 AM

I see no issues with your little girl but perhaps you might not want to leave hogs laying around dead after you shoot them lol. Maybe drag them to the gut pit or something.

breederbuck33 · 03-04-2021, 10:20 AM

I hope its normal. My little girl is the same age, and I think they'd be friends! lol

03-03-2021, 09:13 PM	#1
kkp005 Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Madisonville Hunt In: Madison County	Is this okay? My little girl will be 4 in April. She is infatuated with shooting hogs, coyotes and deer. One of her favorite things to do with me is ride around and look at dead hogs the day after I kill them with thermal. Now all she wants to watch on YouTube with me is videos of deer and hogs getting skinned. I actually think it’s pretty cool that she isn’t grossed out and she genuinely wants to learn about skinning and then eating them.......My wife on the other hand is afraid she’s going to turn into the next Norman Bates... lol. I don’t see anything wrong with it but is it bad for me to let her watch that stuff??

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03-03-2021, 09:16 PM	#2
Fishndude Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas Hunt In: Mason, Ellis and Dimmit counties	I think it’s fantastic. Mix in an educational aspect and it’s even better.

03-03-2021, 09:18 PM	#3
AggieRod Ten Point Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: McAllen Hunt In: Starr/Hidalgo Co.	Yes

03-03-2021, 09:19 PM	#4
MUZZYSLINGR Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palestine , TX Hunt In: Home and wherever i can	Nothing wrong with it. My son was like that when he was very young too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

03-03-2021, 09:19 PM	#5
Killer Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Powderly, TX Hunt In: God's green earth	Maybe Mom doesn’t want you turning her into a “Tom Boy”? I don’t see anything wrong with it sounds normal for me. Kids like to do what their parents do.

03-03-2021, 09:21 PM	#6
okrattler Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oklahoma Panhandle Hunt In: Oklahoma	I was "helping" clean pheasants and quail at a young age and looking at bits and pieces of prairie dogs after my Uncle and Grandpa got done shooting them. I don't wear women's clothing and murder people or anything. I don't think it's that big of a deal. If you catch her drowning cats and puppies in the backyard when she gets older you might want to worry but just looking at dead hogs and watching hunting videos won't hurt anything.

03-03-2021, 09:23 PM	#7
Backwoods101 Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Harper Hunt In: Gillespie, Kimble	If it was your son would this have been brought up in a conversation? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-03-2021, 09:45 PM	#8
Briar Friar Pope & Young Join Date: May 2015	When she starts stringing pig ears on a necklace and wearing them to school to complement her muddy girl camo...completely acceptable. Tally Ho! Keep up the good work Dad.

03-03-2021, 09:47 PM	#9
rjtkdplus Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lockhart Hunt In: Everywhere I can	My little girl is the same way. She’s 24 now

03-03-2021, 09:57 PM	#10
CurrentTide Four Point Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: DFW	My 4 year old's favorite show is MeatEater. She's been with me in the blind when I killed a doe this fall and helped me skin and quarter it. We've had lots of fun making "deer snacks" (aka: jerky) out of her together. I told her she can go turkey hunting with me this fall and she can't stop talking about it. Can't say my wife is crazy about it, but the little girl loves being outside so I'm not holding her back! My point of concern is teaching gun safety and not discussing guns or pretending to play with guns outside our family. I know others will have opinions on that subject, but that's mine.

03-03-2021, 10:19 PM	#11
Hoggslayer Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Manvel, TX mostly in the Doghouse Hunt In: My Truck at night.	My daughter cleans her own game also. Helped clean her first rabbit at 3. This was her at 5. https://youtu.be/AjX5xXy8nBQ

03-03-2021, 10:25 PM	#12
BayouCat Six Point Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Gulf Coast Hunt In: Gulf Coast	Sounds like a great kid. Be thankful she has a strong interest in the outdoors and hunting. I wouldn't change a thing.

03-03-2021, 10:32 PM	#13
Afisher81 Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Jan 2021	My 5 year old daughter is the same way. Anything I bring home she wants to check it out and watch me clean it weather it be fish or birds. She gets a little disgusted with some of it but she wants to keep watching and helping. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-04-2021, 05:45 AM	#15
AntlerCollector Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2014 Hunt In: Votaw, Del Rio, Eldorado, Bon Wier	Sounds like this thread should be about how to correct your wife’s thinking.

03-04-2021, 06:14 AM	#18
MnM Six Point Join Date: May 2015 Location: Palestine Hunt In: Anderson Co.	I think it’s fine too.

03-04-2021, 07:18 AM	#19
SaintBlaise Eight Point Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: New Orleans Hunt In: Rocksprings, TX	Being interested in the anatomy of animals could lead her to med school. You may have a surgeon as a daughter one day.

03-04-2021, 07:34 AM	#21
krausejmk Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cypress Hunt In: Victoria, Tx	Seems normal to me Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-04-2021, 07:44 AM	#23
El General Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston Hunt In: Coke County	I’d be more worried about your wife.

03-04-2021, 08:25 AM	#24
rtp Pope & Young Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fulshear, Texas Hunt In: open range	I would be more worried about her turning into Lizzy Borden than Norman Bates, lol.

03-04-2021, 08:32 AM	#25
Gclyde28 Eight Point Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Austin, TX	I aint got any kids but I don't see anything wrong with it. I always tell my wife I could agree with her, but then we would both be wrong. .....she doesn't really appreciate it.

03-04-2021, 09:04 AM	#26
toomuchsun Eight Point Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: cant find my way home Hunt In: on the edge	My daughter (I have 2 and they are not alike at all) is older than a lot of you folks reading this now but when I would clean animals fish and whatever, she loved to watch and touch the heart and guts at very early ages. Never hesitated pulling the trigger for her first doe very early on. She now owns a private educational coaching business for all ages and has included contracts assisting veterans concerns along with teachers and PHDs on staff. So I say it is fine! She does not even hunt as an adult but respects those who do and probably would again.

03-04-2021, 09:11 AM	#27
Graysonhogs Pope & Young Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Savoy, Texas Hunt In: Fannin/Grayson/Erath	It's far better than the mind numbing, senseless drivel I see most kids watching.

03-04-2021, 09:38 AM	#29
smokeless Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Minerva Hunt In: Searching	I think it’s great. She has an inquisitive mind and wants to learn. Nothing wrong with that.

03-04-2021, 09:46 AM	#30
SaltwaterSlick Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006	Well, first of all, I don't have a clue who this "Noman" guy is/was, but your description of your daughter is most father's dreams!! Both my son and daughter grew up hunting and loved it. They thoroughly enjoyed learning about all the organs as we gutted them. My daughter told me that our deer were more fun to gut than "Uncle Ernie's"... Most all the deer we shot back then with a gun were head shot and, well let's just say "Uncle Ernie's" were sometimes a mess with green stuff and such mixed in the area a bit!... My son continued to hunt/fish and be in the outdoors until his untimely early passing. My daughter still loves the outdoors and loves it when her two sons go hunting with Poppa... She does not hunt any longer, but thoroughly loves the outdoors... She's a high school G&T math teacher, Sunday School teacher for the kids, and has never far as I know wanted to gut a human to learn about his organs... I say good on you dad, and maybe you need to get your wife in on the fun!!

03-04-2021, 10:17 AM	#31
Tx_Wader Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: El Campo Hunt In: Jackson County and Utopia	I see no issues with your little girl but perhaps you might not want to leave hogs laying around dead after you shoot them lol. Maybe drag them to the gut pit or something.

03-04-2021, 10:20 AM	#32
breederbuck33 Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Beaumont	I hope its normal. My little girl is the same age, and I think they'd be friends! lol