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William Tell, also known as my son Lane, went bow hunting on Wednesday. Apparently, his father had borrowed his quiver earlier during this bow hunting season and had not returned it. Because he didn’t have a quiver to hold his extra arrows, he didn’t take any with him. Now there is sound ADHD thinking for you. Two bucks approached his tree and stopped within shooting distance. One was a six point and the other buck only had one antler with four tines, perhaps the result of a duel.
Lane can barely move in his tree stand because his father has bundled him up in two coats and then connected him to the tree with a safety strap. (If you are a fan of the Christmas Story, perhaps a vision of the younger brother named Randy comes to mind.) He draws back his bow with his only arrow and sends it flying slightly over the back of one of the bucks. The bucks flinch, walk a few steps, and then continue to graze still within shooting distance. However, Lane has fired his only arrow and can only stand there and watch the bucks.
Super Dad takes our 12-year-old son, ironically named Buck, with him up into his tree stand on Thursday, opening day of firearm deer season. He has Buck attached to a retractable safety harness that has a 20 foot maximum capability. The tree stand is 20 feet in the air. On the way down out of the tree, Buck decides to jump off from the ladder instead of waiting for Super Dad to release his safety strap. Super Dad stared in disbelief, as Buck swung back and forth under the tree. He was unable to touch the ground and looked somewhat like a marionette puppet. Of course, Super Dad had some control over how long he let Buck dance around; my guess is that he probably released him after he got control of his laughter.
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I’m glad to know that I am not the only father that goes a bit tilt about keeping the boys warm and safe. I can imagine Lane’s frustration at watching the deer munching away and unable to do anything about it. The rule of the 6 Ps, prior planning prevents preturbingly poor performance. I once went on a hunting trip with a fellow who didn’t discover until we were in the field that he had forgotten to bring ammunition, and he was not ADHD. John