Post by grizz1 on Feb 14, 2010 12:55:39 GMT -5
Last evening my wife and I attended a Whitetails Unlimited banquet where there was a large mixed crowd. Terry Drury was there and he gave a brief speech and asked as well as answered some questions.
One I found interesting and would have guessed wrong, was the percentage of youth versus the older generation that were involved this past season hunting Whitetails.
Terry asked by show of hands how many 70 year olds had taken a deer in 09, there were none. Next how many over 60 years old had taken a deer and no hands went up. In my over 50 group, there were 5 hands that went up, my wife and I among those.
He then dropped the age group question to 12 years old and younger that had killed a deer in 2009, there were 9 young hunters that raised their hands. As Terry said, we are evidently doing a good job at getting our youth involved in North Mo.
The crowd numbered about 300 and you could see it had a very diverse age group with a large number of young people.
One I found interesting and would have guessed wrong, was the percentage of youth versus the older generation that were involved this past season hunting Whitetails.
Terry asked by show of hands how many 70 year olds had taken a deer in 09, there were none. Next how many over 60 years old had taken a deer and no hands went up. In my over 50 group, there were 5 hands that went up, my wife and I among those.
He then dropped the age group question to 12 years old and younger that had killed a deer in 2009, there were 9 young hunters that raised their hands. As Terry said, we are evidently doing a good job at getting our youth involved in North Mo.
The crowd numbered about 300 and you could see it had a very diverse age group with a large number of young people.
