Brant
Great nephew
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 10:27

My great nephew will be 9 on Halloween. He was shooting tweety birds with a red rider that he couldn’t cock by himself when he was about 3. On his 4th birthday his dad and both grand paws sat with him in a blind over a corn feeder 10 yards away. Killed a nice pig with one shot from a little cricket .22. Can’t count the pigs he’s killed with same .22 or his 350 legend ruger American since then. And deer since he was 6.

My point is he is no longer new to shooting game even if he is just 9. So he is no longer allowed after the tweety birds with his BB guns. This spring we had a lot of blue jays and they are aggressive to the little birds keeping them away from the feeders. He was given the green light to thin them out by a higher ranking official, his great grandma! As he walked out the door I said, I was taught to eat what I kill. By end of the day he had a blue jay down and plucked and cut up. Then found an old stainless dog food bowl that he washed in the pond. Made him a little fire and used the dog food bowl as a skillet to cook the bird. He is a great kid in so many ways, but I was so proud that evening. He, myself, my wife, and his great grandpa all had a share of it. Had I thought to offer him some seasoning it wouldn’t have been bad at all.