Motivation Behind Youth Hunts
We at Hillbilly Hunting wanted to take a little bit of time and discuss why we host youth tournaments throughout the year. We have very strong feelings towards youth hunting and want to fill you in on why we believe it is so important for the future of conservation. So on that note we hope this helps you understand what we do and possibly a little understanding of what we are trying to accomplish.
With pressure being applied to our sport from every direction and the increase in indoor sedentary lifestyle of today’s youth, the future of hunting as we know it is in jeopardy. Our entire goal is to get more young people excited and focused on the outdoors and hunting. We are trying to encourage safe, ethical, moral, and legal hunting all while having fun and learning. We want to use every opportunity we get to teach the next generation of hunters and huntresses to get out into the outdoors. What motivates young people more than competition? Well we haven’t figured that out yet, so we are using the competitive nature of young people to encourage hunting and getting outdoors.
On the other hand, what discourages our young people and makes them stop doing something? Failure does. At Hillbilly Huntin we want to teach our young people that every time they go to the woods they can learn something. They might not get the game they are after or even take a shot but they can still learn and if they have learned something than it’s not a failure. That's why we try and give every young hunter that shows up encouragement and knowledge. We have enthusiastic hunters available for the young people to talk to about their hunts, and they are able to pick their brains and receive knowledge that our experienced hunters are willing to pass on.
The people we have involved with Hillbilly Huntin understand that the sport, heritage, and tradition that we all love could be lost without having the next generation step up and learn what the older generations have to pass on. By passing along our knowledge, we hope to keep the young people learning so that one day they can pass it on like we do and the rotating wheel of hunters continues to the next generation for many, many years to come.
-Hillbilly Huntin Staff
With pressure being applied to our sport from every direction and the increase in indoor sedentary lifestyle of today’s youth, the future of hunting as we know it is in jeopardy. Our entire goal is to get more young people excited and focused on the outdoors and hunting. We are trying to encourage safe, ethical, moral, and legal hunting all while having fun and learning. We want to use every opportunity we get to teach the next generation of hunters and huntresses to get out into the outdoors. What motivates young people more than competition? Well we haven’t figured that out yet, so we are using the competitive nature of young people to encourage hunting and getting outdoors.
On the other hand, what discourages our young people and makes them stop doing something? Failure does. At Hillbilly Huntin we want to teach our young people that every time they go to the woods they can learn something. They might not get the game they are after or even take a shot but they can still learn and if they have learned something than it’s not a failure. That's why we try and give every young hunter that shows up encouragement and knowledge. We have enthusiastic hunters available for the young people to talk to about their hunts, and they are able to pick their brains and receive knowledge that our experienced hunters are willing to pass on.
The people we have involved with Hillbilly Huntin understand that the sport, heritage, and tradition that we all love could be lost without having the next generation step up and learn what the older generations have to pass on. By passing along our knowledge, we hope to keep the young people learning so that one day they can pass it on like we do and the rotating wheel of hunters continues to the next generation for many, many years to come.
-Hillbilly Huntin Staff