Posted this on another site but been ripping and running and dealing with all this wedding planning had been able to post here.
So yeah after last go round fishing apparently he's badgered the inlaws so much and had so much fun they basically said next time I wanted to kidnap him their more then happy to let me lol ! So today I had to go watch him and his brother for a hour while their grandma ( my mother in law) had to go run some errands. Welp she's gone for 5min before I tell them to put their clothes on we're going outside to play. His bother is autistic but so is my older brother so it's bout second nature dealing with him . Gave him some side walk chalk showed him how to use it and he was in heaven. Just sat there drawing all sorts of stuff.making his little happy nosies. Told nephew to go get the bow his mom and dad got him for Christmas and we'd so some archery to which he was beyond happy ! Gotta say though I need to get this boy into working out so somthing because he's on the weaker side lol . Had trouble drawing back this little deal but he was happy regardless. Even if all he was doing was hitting a 2'x2" pice of styrofoam @ 7'Shoot I was the same way when I was his age though, got a lil black no name compound that was probably like 10lb draw and could barely pull it back but I was ticked pink to hit anything
really gotta work on his stance though.
Proceeded to let him ride around on his bike and DEFINITELY did not go into very detailed stories of how we'd ride past each other trying to shove sticks in each other's spokes making each other flip ......I'd never ,
Then took him to the fish and game office down the road to buy my licence . Kid about pissed himself looking at all the taxidermied snakes , turkeys, bobcats , deer ect, at the same time he was all wide eyed asking about the gator skins( and was terrified of the game Warden who was doing my fishing license...in all fairness the guy sound like death incarnate but he was super nice )and the posters then off to the park. Where I proceeded to ask a dozen questions at the ranger station because I really had no clue what I was doing in a state park. They where super nice though and even found a map for nephews to look at . Welp found the peir and long story short got one fish and the bottom fell out the sky and we got soaked ! Deal is he wanted to stay and keep fishing till I drug him off due to lightning lol, all smiles though
So told him we'll run 20 miles over to the next town and check out the gun store because I lost my bow release and need a new one and he might like seeing a gun store. So cranked on some divorced dad rock ( kids nine so I can't play 70% of what I listen to laugh so Creed Metallica Nirvana black Sabbath ect it was ) was kind awkward trying to explain the song iron man to him without saying " these guys where probably high as heck and just made something up" I think I'm helping him learn to calm down and relax instead of being such a drama queen too. It was pouring down cats and dogs and lightning with wind and he'd mention it id just say " yeeeep sure is nephew" after about the third time he had went from "O MY GOD LOOK AT THAT LIGHTING! " to "wow that one was really cool looking ". He also noticed my gun when I put in it's usual spot and he went " IS THAT A GUN ?! WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT ?!" All I said was " bad people " he really chilled out after that . He seems a lot easier to deal with when there are not a bunch of women folk around .Was also telling him how I used to have to do ruck marches in that kind of crap to which it was all oos and awes laugh definitely don't inflate any story's with add-ons dealing with fighting off starving bears or something
Well get to the shop and find out pretty quick this kid just plain gravitates to anything with a sting. He had mild interest in the guns but any cross bow or bow he saw he was all over it. There was a bow fishing bow he was asking about and when I explained you use it to shoot fish ....Lord have mercy he wanted it lol !
Funny enough actually found just the nicest lil shotgun, for me pretty decent and just felt nice, well the guy at the register seemed a little confused when I told him I'd be buying it for me instead of him if I did....till he saw me shoulder it and realized I basically fist most youth sized guns better then full sized ( the joys of being 5'1") if I had the spare $350 I would have gotten it but forgot to pay a bill and got late fees to pay
Got my release and he mentioned how he'd really like to start goin hunting ( which supried the hell out of me honestly ) and wanted some camo so yeah ended up with a camo face paint compact because I think hes gonna need it lol. Gotta see if I remember how to do it again . He really enjoyed looking at and learning about the ammo too. Was showing home a .22 hornet vs a .17 hornet and he was all into it . The 50 cal rounds seemed to scare him a little though
Proceeded to start jumping in his car seat like I gave him a red bull saying "FISHING FISHING FISHING !!" so back we went and
See usually I have problems keeping kids still in once place for a little bit.. problem is with nephew if I let him that kid will stay in one place locked in like a statue for an hour. Me personally I hate sitting in one place for more then say 15min. I'm constantly bumping around cast re casting and trying new stuff depending on when I'm fishing for. And when it's new water ? Yeah a spot has 5min tops before I'm moving my line. So I start moving up and down the pier casting around and I'm explaining to nephew how bream ( bream being a catch all term for various panfish like bluegill pumpkin seeds redear sunfish ect there like 50 different ones I think) are , why fish like structure, how they feed , ect . Well the kid can definitely think for himself because I see him put up his can pole and say " I don't think with will be super effective, it like using a sword to chop trees in Minecraft instead of an axe !" Puts down the cane pole picks up his spinning reel and starts tying to cast , which he was having trouble with . Well I bait his hook , show him how it cast again and told him he's smart he can figure it out. " it more technique then just pure power" well I go down the dock and he's not any casting he's just watching me . Then I hear a bobber "kerplunk" in the water and him go " WOW I GOT A GOOD CAST ! " Kid cast from the pier about 20yd out ! And he was grinning ear to ear grin and he proceeded to do it again and again and again! Check out that form !Still need some work but man he's learning fast
Well after another 10min I say I think we sound move and asked him where where sould go. He looks round and points to the lil boat dock/ marina about 75yd up the bank. I say ok , but why ? Proceeds to tell me " well you said the little fish like structure because thats where all the little things they eat be and it gives them a place this front he big fish that eat them ! And the big fish will hang out around those areas waiting for the little fish to go too far so they can catch them , well that boat dock thingy had all those things ( pilings)in the water and those branches and there's shade too !" Hot DANG I was proud of nephew so we packed duo and walked over and sure enough his first cast
We after a bit of nothing he said we should move again and I told him I think we should check out the spill way I saw in the map. Explained it was kinda like a man made waterfall and at the bottom of them a there usually deep pools where the bigger fish can just sit and wait for the food to come to them ! Well he's all for it so did the ole Mississippi fisherman's classic of shoving all your rods out your window and took off
Well we get to the bridge pull over and walk down with another set of guys and he was acting like this was the biggest adventure ever. Had to go though the woods on a lil foot path a bit to get to the bottom pool. Told him to make sure to watch his feet because of cottonmouths and copperheads ( two venomous snakes we have that camouflage pretty well). He asked about rattle snakes and just told him " well if you hear the rattle just stop and go the opposite direction
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