Welcome to this Country Life. I'm your host, Brent Reaves. From Coon Hutton to

Trot Line and in just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share

my stories and country skills that will help you beat the system. This Country

Life is proudly presented as part of Meet Eaters podcast network bringing

you the best outdoor podcast the airways have to offer. All right friends,

pull you up a chair or drop that tailgate. I think I got a thing or two to teach you.

Kids and Outdoors. Summer's coming to an end and just about all the kids are

back in school. I know it's a relief for some but with my 11-year-old Bailey

back in the schoolhouse, I am fresh out of folks to play with during the day.

It got me to thinking about all the stuff we've done over the summer and

that brought back memories of what I used to do with my family. We're going to be

talking about kids and the outdoors but first I'm going to tell you a story.

My son Hunter was six years old and it was gun, deer season and Arkansas. We've

been practicing his shooting with a youth model single barrel 243 and he'd

become very proficient and safe using the scope holding steady aim, thumb cock

in the hammer back and keeping his finger off the trigger until he was ready to shoot.

Safety, safety, safety. It was our constant mantra and he'd drive fired that

rifle a hundred times before he ever squeezed the trigger on a live round. With

hair and protection in place, he watched me shoot several rounds and I'd

explained to him beforehand that it was going to be loud and he knew what to

expect when it came his turn and he never missed a beat. I was confident in his

abilities out to about 80 yards but we'd drawn the line at somewhere around 50

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