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My boys and I had to learn these same lessons the hard way.If your boy has already done it twice. You may not need to teach him further. Both of my kids did it 2 or 3 times before they learned. I think it took me about 10 times when I was a kid.Some preventative tips for you though.At a certain age. It is inevitable, but almost a rite of passage. It's up to me to make sure it doesn't ruin the day. One day ruined takes a long time to recover and get them back into it. I had a hard time getting my oldest back into it after his last leg bath. I've got him back and as nutty about it as the rest of us. I'd keep extra boots and socks for him out on the ice with your gear. I once had to jog 2 miles on the ice back to my truck with my oldest on the jet sled to get his dry boots and socks. (Sounds like an old man story. True as it gets) The oldest is 12 now. His extra boots stay in the car. If I'm a long ways from the vehicle. I have to have extra boots on hand for my clumsy youngest (9). ONE 4.5" hole in the corner of my shanty. The 8" is just for tipups and I keep a good distance between my base camp and tipup holes that we're working.I really hate having a mound of snow around a tipup hole. It's a necessity when you have kids out there. Leave the mound your auger makes after cutting. It's worth dealing with for a little peace of mind out there.
Anyone have any solutions to keeping younger kids from falling into ur holes my son fell into mine twice last year and IM in shearch of a solution?
theres just no teaching kids. last year I went knee deep in a hole 3 times. don't think my dad could do anything to stop it. maybe take the whisky away. oh by the way in 33