Teaching the ‘why’ behind hunting
When my daughter came home and told me she was learning about black bears, I did what I usually do and offered to bring in a bear rug and some bears skulls. I love teaching the 'why' behind hunting. I was shocked and excited when the teacher said yes! I packed up my smallest bear rug, two skulls and two photo albums of my visits to bear dens and headed into the local kindergarten class. Sixteen 5 and 6 year olds greeted me, full of energy. You are never really sure when you go into a presentation about how much you are going to be able to talk about hunting. After the kids shared all of the facts that they have learned about bears, they asked me questions about black bears and what it was like to go out to the dens with the biologist....