Kids Day at the Fish and Game

Hawks Feather · August 16, 2009, 06:52:50 PM

Well after not having a Kids Day at the Fish and Game for quite a few years the new president (he started in January) thought that it would be a good idea to start it again. So there was BB gun shooting, Black Powder shooting, .22 LR shooting, and Archery shooting. Also a free lunch. The new guy thought that it would be great if there would be 25 kids there. The game warden thought it would be excellent if there were between 40 to 50 there. And then there were the 92 kids and 50+ parents that showed up. You can get an idea of what it was like here http://gallery.me.com/dadlatta#100174

President Jerry

P.S. The kid on the crutches is Jonathon Niese who pitches for the Mets. He lives here in town and since he had surgery on his pulled hamstring he came out to sign autographs and enjoy watching his brothers shoot and his dad work the BB guns.

Tikaani · August 16, 2009, 07:00:01 PM

Good deal Jerry. The future of hunting in this country is with it youngsters. Good to see people out there passing on the traditions

John

Bills Custom Calls · August 16, 2009, 07:46:23 PM

Looks like a wonderful day

I love seeing the kids and grownups getting together in an event like that

HaMeR · August 16, 2009, 08:05:22 PM

That's purdy cool Jerry!! Thanks for sharing your day.

alscalls · August 16, 2009, 10:32:25 PM

FinsnFur · August 17, 2009, 05:30:44 AM

Jerry's Kids

Looks like an excellent way to spend a day. By the way, they had hatchet throwing too?.. or was that kid just pissed off?

HuntnCarve · August 17, 2009, 05:42:59 AM

Sounds like "President Jerry" made alot of kids day! Way to go!

pitw · August 17, 2009, 08:39:57 AM

That is truly inspiring Jerry

More smiles than you can shake a stick at and if every one of them kids picked up just one piece of good info that's a pile of info. Good on ya for doing this and may the laughter you hear from it never stop.

Frogman · August 17, 2009, 08:42:36 AM

WTG!!

Jim

KySongDog · August 17, 2009, 05:18:23 PM

Just GREAT!!

Todd Rahm · August 17, 2009, 05:45:20 PM

Those are cool pics Jerry. I like the one of the kid throwing the hatchet. My dad had me doing that at thta age and man I loved it and would practice in the back yard for hours on end.

I wish we had something like that up here for our kids. Thanks for sharing.

Hawks Feather · September 15, 2009, 03:35:24 PM

Just an update. The Fish and Game made the eNews for the Division of Wildlife.

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Default.aspx?tabid=21984

Silencer · September 15, 2009, 04:09:43 PM

Thats awesome, somehow I missed this post

HuntnCarve · September 15, 2009, 05:17:59 PM

Very nice Jerry! Those smiles say it all!

HaMeR · September 15, 2009, 06:44:27 PM

Cool deal!!

Congrats Jerry.