I could write an essay on what I think about this. Everyone wants to talk about longevity in passing down their love of the outdoors to their children. But then all they do is take a kid who is too young IMO put them in a shooting house and let them blast the first doe they see. Over a few decades where that leads is pretty much nowhere. Those kids become adults and "hunting" becomes nothing other than deer hunting. AND the only way they know is to sit in a shooting house and blast does. That's not going to stick through several generations. Just because it's easy doesn't mean that's what you should teach. Personally IMO.... if you want to talk about the lack of carrying on this tradition look no further than right there.

How many 10 year old kids do you know that could take a .22 rifle into the woods and walk out with a limit of squirrels in a morning? I'm betting ZERO. I'm betting you probably know ZERO adults that could do it as well.

I could do it when I was 10 no problem. I can still do it. I think hunting can teach you more about your self than anything a kid would experience at a baseball field....but, that's dependent on how you go about it.

Being a good "woodsman" is NOT being passed down. At all IMO.

No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.