5guyshunting Report post Posted May 6 2 hours ago, nateNAU said: I have never been much into professional sports. I have to admit, super bowl Sunday is normally my favorite day to javelina hunt as there is normally not another soul in the woods. My 8 year old son however fell far from the tree, especially with football. My dad's regaling stories of wining Kansas state highschool state titles and college career has had him enamoured. K state and K U have long been admired in our family as we still have quite a bit of family back there and nearly everyone has come from one of those two alma maters. Well being a young kid, anything Kansas and sports is good, so he began to root for the chiefs about 3 years ago. I don't have the heart still to this day to tell him that the chiefs aren't actually in Kansas. Much to the dismay of my Arizona family and my wife's family who are die hard Steelers fans, he has stuck to his guns and had bragging rights over us for 3 years. He is so passionate he asked if there was some way he could go see the chiefs in person next year. I thought this could be an excellent learning opportunity for him and agreed as long as he can figure out how to pay for his own ticket. The wheels in his head began to strip when he tried to figure out how he could buy a $500+ ticket on $2.50 weekly allowance. I told him to get creative. About a week later he came and asked if he could go shed hunting with me to earn some money. I agreed and told him any morning he wanted to go shed hunting just come and wake me up early and I would take him. Well after about 6 weeks of my daily 5am wake up call by him, he sold his first batch of antlers. Total profit $703. Enough for a bottom level ticket. This is a great thread! I've only been to a handful of NFL games and I'm not sure exactly where bottom level is. In my limited experience, I would prefer to be 50 yard line and the middle height of the stands. I've sat low and you can't see $hit. He'll have a great time either way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted May 6 Sheesh $2.50/week? Ever heard of inflation?! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nateNAU Report post Posted May 6 2 minutes ago, firstcoueswas80 said: Sheesh $2.50/week? Ever heard of inflation?! Haha. That's just a baseline for the bare minimum, bedroom, laundry, dishes. I always give them ways to make more if they put more effort in. My 6 year old daughter made $5 yesterday scrubbing toilets and showers. Weeding the front yard completely always pays $5. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted May 7 Excellent story good to hear he has a work ethic and congrats to you both. Keep up the good work. Not crazy in to sports myself but my wife's cousin played for the Steelers, the jets and Penn State so obviously we are Steelers fans, plus we are from PA. Her cousin is John Whitman, he played fullback. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted May 7 16 hours ago, nateNAU said: That's awesome! I feel grateful that for my son we have had a steady rate of finding them. About 1 every other day. It keeps the attention span of an 8 year old engaged enough. I keep telling him that if you keep at it long enough you will hit the jackpot on occasion. My best day ever pre kids was a $2000 day. I have also done 150 miles in a row with only a chalk deer shed to show for it. Awesome work by your son! Cole claims those are not all his and that his older brother was just using him as a pack mule! I remember that day well because there were 4 of us, all loaded and I was old man, we had to bail a pile of antler on the hike out and go back for the pile we dumped. Some of the funnest out in the woods I have ever experienced and great times spent with my boys!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted May 7 This is one of the best posts of the year so far. Good job on teaching your kid work ethic and striving for his goals in life. He's already a better shed hunter than me, Good job dad!! Making memories he will never forget. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted May 7 Excellent job dad and son! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nateNAU Report post Posted May 24 Well the shed hunting has slightly tapered off for a bit. The warm weather and opening of forest roads has produced the yearly influx of campers and hikers and our success rate has dramatically fallen. We did glass up a shed over a mile away though 15x binoculars. I couldn't tell if it was a small elk or big deer. Well after a tough hike up a treacherous cinder cone we discovered it wall a small deer shed but our first brown deer of the year. We have a place in Montana are headed up for the summer and plan to do a bunch of shed hunting up there. It will be a fun challenge. We are in the area where the show Yellowstone is filmed. In the last season where the old cowboy died sleeping on his bedroll under the stars was actually filmed in our front yard. The area is abundant with whitetails, muleys and moose. My son is dead set on finding some moose sheds. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Freet Report post Posted July 16 Son's passion pays off, sheds for Chiefs ticket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
