Lance Laymon
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Jul 2006
Location: Deputy, Indiana
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First, I am so sorry for the youth having such a bad experience. I have three kids that like to hunt and I have taken them to numerous youth hunts through the years. They have had a nice experience on several of the hunts, but not so good on other ones. The problem with youth hunts is the adults. Parents want their kid to win more than the kid. The youth is just there to have a good time, but they are either helped by the parent or yelled at for what they did wrong. It is like that in every youth sport. Adults have a hard time not trying to help their child compete.
The other issue I see is that most of the club that have youth hunts don't have enough capable members to help host and judge the event. Which means you get poorly run casts with the local kid sometimes getting an unfair advantage.
I just try to teach my kids to enjoy the event and win or lose have a good time. Kids need to learn to win and lose. It is hard to lose when the cast isn't judged properly or a parent gives an unfair advantage, but life isn't always fair. In the scope of our lives winning or losing a cast shouldn't make a difference in who we are or how we live our life. If it does you haven't lived a very meaningful life.
You have two ways to handle this, call every one a cheater question the call and make the experience no fun for anyone. Maybe the MOHs will change the judges call and your youth will win. Probably not and the only thing you are teaching your kid is to think every time they lose they were cheated. Or you can have a conversation with your child about winning and losing and make it a life lesson. I would let the club know either way that the judge in your cast did a poor job.
Better luck next cast.
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