Bugle M In
10-17-2018, 12:39 PM
So, starting to think about the upcoming Nov. MD hunt, and taking my daughter (11) who is looking forward to "hanging with the guys"!, and searching for deer for dad.
Issue is, kids grow, and I find myself year after year, having to buy new clothing for her.
And, I am not the type of Dad that just says, here's some rubber boots, use this, while I walk around in my 400 gr thinsulate gortex boots etc.
I hike all day, and so does she, and carries her food, binos, camera and whatever else when we go (sorry, but dad makes her do it!, I might carry spare water etc for her;-))
Anyways, I have a hard time financially affording this stuff.
I do my best, looking on CL and going to Sports Junkies locally to look for used gear.
Yes, got her gaiters and stuff like that, which I can reuse year after year, but boots (which I was lucky last season to find her used North Face, Gortex ladies hiking boots) and underarmour pants from winners, but this is a rarity to find stuff like that year after year.
I just cant go to Bass Pro etc to buy new stuff for one season.
So, I was thinking/wondering if there are any places where people have "donated" hunting clothes for kids/youth?
If not, could it be a consideration that R&G clubs consider doing something like this where they have bins at the clubs where people can donate the clothes/boots their children have outgrown, and where others can come in, "looking for clothes" for the season?
Maybe the clubs could charge a "membership fee" for this.
That being said though, I don't know what membership fees are these days? (I live downtown, so I am not a member anywhere).
But maybe a fee of 30 - 50$ a year? so that parents can come in to see what is there.
Basically a win/win for everyone (Except for BP or Cabelas).
On top of that, parents like me don't have to consider "not taking the kids" due to money/costs, and the kids can go.
The added bonus is, and the most important, is that kids are now "comfortable" while out in the field.
Sometimes I find some great fleecy pants with pockets designed for hiking/outdoors, but then the next season, nothing, and then there is the "jacket issue", and the boot issues?
Its more about the "Outerwear" that I am having difficulties with.
Wonder if that already happens? and if not, if R&G Clubs may consider it??
Thanks BMI
Issue is, kids grow, and I find myself year after year, having to buy new clothing for her.
And, I am not the type of Dad that just says, here's some rubber boots, use this, while I walk around in my 400 gr thinsulate gortex boots etc.
I hike all day, and so does she, and carries her food, binos, camera and whatever else when we go (sorry, but dad makes her do it!, I might carry spare water etc for her;-))
Anyways, I have a hard time financially affording this stuff.
I do my best, looking on CL and going to Sports Junkies locally to look for used gear.
Yes, got her gaiters and stuff like that, which I can reuse year after year, but boots (which I was lucky last season to find her used North Face, Gortex ladies hiking boots) and underarmour pants from winners, but this is a rarity to find stuff like that year after year.
I just cant go to Bass Pro etc to buy new stuff for one season.
So, I was thinking/wondering if there are any places where people have "donated" hunting clothes for kids/youth?
If not, could it be a consideration that R&G clubs consider doing something like this where they have bins at the clubs where people can donate the clothes/boots their children have outgrown, and where others can come in, "looking for clothes" for the season?
Maybe the clubs could charge a "membership fee" for this.
That being said though, I don't know what membership fees are these days? (I live downtown, so I am not a member anywhere).
But maybe a fee of 30 - 50$ a year? so that parents can come in to see what is there.
Basically a win/win for everyone (Except for BP or Cabelas).
On top of that, parents like me don't have to consider "not taking the kids" due to money/costs, and the kids can go.
The added bonus is, and the most important, is that kids are now "comfortable" while out in the field.
Sometimes I find some great fleecy pants with pockets designed for hiking/outdoors, but then the next season, nothing, and then there is the "jacket issue", and the boot issues?
Its more about the "Outerwear" that I am having difficulties with.
Wonder if that already happens? and if not, if R&G Clubs may consider it??
Thanks BMI