I read this Dear Abby last night and it caught my attention. It was a little food for thought. I will take this one mans advise; When hunting with youngsters, be a hunter and not a killer. Read it here.

+DEAR ABBY: I am writing in response to the letter from “Concerned Grandpa,” regarding his son-in-law taking his 4-year-old grandson hunting.

+DEAR ABBY: I was a preschool teacher for several years, and the children who were the biggest bullies and least socialized were always — and I mean ALWAYS — the ones graphically exposed to the killing of animals. These children were aged 3 to 5, the same age as the grandson in South Carolina.The gentle, studious, most popular children never spoke of hunting, but the bullies would talk at length about killing, guns and blood. It affected their emotional stability and ideas about death. Please urge Grandpa’s son-in-law to wait until his son is old enough to understand death before allowing him to participate in it. — Loves Children and Hunting in California

DEAR ABBY: I started hunting with my dad and grandpa at the age of 4. It forged a bond between us that lasted until their deaths. Learning to be a hunter is also learning responsibility — specifically gun safety, game laws and respect for the animals and nature.

Even though you referred to hunting as “killing for sport,” please remember: License fees help to pay for game habitat and management. Habitat and proper management assure a healthier game population and the survival of many species through conservation efforts. Also, children schooled in the safe handling of firearms at an early age aren’t as likely to be involved in gun violence. — Caring Hunter, Walters, Okla.

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