Tennessee Titan Jason Babin Talks Football, Family and Why He's Teaching His Young Sons to Hunt

I guess it is safe to assume that other NFL players who organize dog fights, sell drugs, commit armed robbery, and never bother to marry the mother's of their many childred are to be admired?

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How sad it is when one thinks that learning patience and quality time with a family comes at the cost of an animals demise.
How sad it is that this man gets his rocks off by enjoying controversial comments.
How sad it is that the mother of these children does not have a nurturing and respectful outlook on God's creatures.
Why not take your boys into the woods with a camera , pad & pencil and teach them patience and the beauty of nature and it's animals.
Instead you'd rather teach your children that to shed blood and an anima'sl life is insignificant and killing is acceptable.
The hunters out here today are a joke ... more than not they are killing for the thrill, not for food.
Small children know nothing about the true meaning of hunting. They think it's cool and love the pat on the back from their elders.
Everyone has a choice to teach their children in the way they should go.
This is only one more example of how we as parents mold our children to our lusts and desires.
How sad.............

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What a bunch of spineless, whiny, gun-hating liberal idiots. Do you sense your own hypocrisy when bite into your steak? Grow up,

Want to hear something even more scary and horrible, you whiners? My daughter turned 1 just 2 weeks ago. I'm building her an AR15 trimmed in pink, and when she's about 8-10 years old I'll be taking her to the shooting range to enjoy it...under my supervision, of course, until she's 18 years old. At 18, it will come out of my safe permanently and into her own.

She will also be receiving a matching, custom-built-by-dad 1911 at 18.

Should we decide to start hunting, we'll get hunting rifles.

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how sad is it that u rich fat a$$ liberal women go out to eat at fancy diners and broadway play while a man is teaching his kids how to hunt enjoy nature and learn patience........ where do you think the meat comes from that you eat and how is a broadway play going to educate young children it does absolutely nothing except show that you are some high class piece of you know what

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I;d like to say first, every one has a opinion, thats your right, Here is
mine. I think Jason has the right to teach his kids to shoot & such,
as long as he also teaches them the respect for firearms, the outdoors,other human beings, and animals. I think he is doing that
, but you dont just teach them to shoot, then leave them alone with it, this teaching will continue for years with his kids, over this they will learn more ,more as they grow & mature. With the right upbringing along the way they will make the right desions in there
younger years, and hopfully when they leave home they will remember what they learned at home and live by that.
I dont think teaching a( young )child makes them more app. to be criminals as they grow up, thats more to do with the ways they were raised, (the rights-wrongsof life) we all know what is right-wrong in life, how to treat other people & such.
The good lord put animals on this earth for our benifits, to look at,
to consume, to work for us, with us etc.
To respond to some comments made by some of you, there are
some sloppy hunters out there, they dont always take the time to get the perfect quick kill shot, some times it just goes that way,
the majority of ethical hunters try to down the animal as quickly
& humanely as posible.
I am a hunter, self taught, my dad never taught us boys to hunt
any thing,( but we were raised in a cristian home, learned dos&donts
rights wrongs, from litte up.) I have hunted, and shot a deer every
year for 22 years, never lost one that i shot, maybe 2 times did i
have to shoot it the second time. I consume all that i shoot,
deer ducks, geese,rabbitetc.
I wonder where some of you get your numbers and info. from ?
I have never seen some of the numbers you are talking about.
I do know acrossed the country there are hundreds of deer donated
to food kitchens that goes to the needy.
I know that millions of dollars are generated by sportsman every
year in lic. and tags, airfare guides, this money goes back into
our economy.
It is true that in some regions( if not for the animal control) over
population & desease takes over, some of these can spread to
humans, if not controlled.
Some of you antis might even be the ones that complain about
to many deer eating your flowers, rabbits eating shrubs,geese
pooping on your deck at your lake cottage, and so thick in your
lawn you cant get traction with your lawn mowers.
DNR works hard to control populations, its not just the SPORT
as some of you call it. Its to our benefit, in many ways to control
animal populations and diseases., by thinning the herds, flocks etc.
I feel that 500 acres is plenty of room for a animal to rome and
not be (cornered up) to be shot, a hunter would still have to hunt
for them in that 500 ac. it would not be a( duck shoot )as you called it,hunting takes more skill than some of you think.
I agree that people should not try to force there opinion on others
but we should all respect other people and there beliefs.
So my opinion is Jason, teach your kids the right and wrongs of life
gun safety,respect for others, respect for the outdoors,and most of
all the love and guidence from the good lord above that your kids
and all of us need inthese times.

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This is sad! Is this his way of rebelling against his mother. His father was being irresponsible and his mother was wise to object. When silly risks are taken, ill consequences occur sooner or later. Maybe he didn't get hurt because his mother was on guard. His sweet little boys are at greater risk because he's silly and his wife doesn't object. Just because a child can pull a trigger doesn't mean that he understands guns, killing, and death. Hence, all the senseless deaths we have had due to home gun accidents and youth gangs. I am praying for the safety of his kids and others. I can't believe that a man this silly would secure guns from kids. There should be a law to protect kids from nuts who expose kids to guns too young just like drinking and driving laws. To Hunt or not Hunt is not the real issue here. It is child and public safety. I pray he sees this and see a vision of how awful it would be to see some hurt due to this rash behavior. His kids are still of age to be restricted to toy safety. Where does he really think guns fit in. You can never supervise a child with a loaded gun around. A young kid may even run into your line of fire. His wife must live money more than her kids. I hope DFCS sees this and investigate.

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I love animals a lot, but I'm realistic. Hunting is what supports the upkeep of a lot of our wilderness areas. A lot of people depend on hunting to eat. I don't hunt, but I do eat meat, and trust me, confined animal feeding areas are WAY more cruel than hunting.


All that being said, Babin sounds every bit as self-righteous and arrogant as any PETA member. I'm sorry, 3 is just too young to be handling a gun. I don't care how much safety you teach them, they ust don't have the cognitive skill to handle a weapon. I hope he makes it out of infanthood without hurting himself or someone else. Twelve years old is a far far cry from 3. Dumbass

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Twenty years ago the way these questions were asked would have been ridiculed. They still deserve to be, this is "journalism"? Nice job of objectivity (and yes, I'm being sarcastic) Most of the public land that supports wildlife has been paid for by HUNTERS and how this man chooses to manage his ranch and raise his kids is his business, he should be praised, not ridiculed. My wife, kids and I enjoyed venison backstrap with a bleu cheese crumb crust broiled rare to perfection last night for dinner. This reporter should look into the beliefs & values of the founders and leaders of PETA before inferring that their opinion on anything matters.

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Dear Mr. Babin and the rest on here...I am a hunter and live in Texas and I commend Mr. Babin for his beliefs and passing down a god given right and heritage to his kids... Guess what I did and it has allowed for my son and myself to stay close and enjoy the outdoors whether we harvest something or not. For those people who think it is wrong...quit eating out...or buying meat from grocery stores ...where do you think you get that or even some of the clothes that you wear like leather on your shoes.... for those that want to be vegitarians that is ok but I refuse to tread on your rights to grow and harvest plants to eat...God gave us living creatures for us to harvest and it is cool that Mr. Babin has the means to do this at a ranch...Kudos to you Mr. Babin and to your family..

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I would guess that the comments on this post that are opposed to hunting come mostly from folks who live in big cities and have neither been out in the country side, or at least seldom go there. I grew up in the city, but was fortunate to have parents who had rural roots. We were not poor but we weren't really middle class either. My dad had learned to hunt out of necessity, and still had old guns that he had used as he was growing up. He taught me to hunt, and it was with those old guns that I was taught. We ate all the meat that we were able to obtain on our hunts.

My dad was a hard working man, often working two jobs to make ends meet. As a result, my time alone with him was precious, and remains so even now as he is long deceased.

I no longer hunt, but not because I oppose hunting. I believe if someone wants to hunt, and is responsible and safe in the way they hunt, and follows the laws and respects private property, that doing so is fine.

From hunting I learned:
1. To respect private property. (Ask permission before crossing private property lines.
2. To know the laws before hunting and to follow them.
3. To leave as little trace of my having been there as possible, so that the environment is minimally impacted.
4. To kill only that which I intend to use, and only that which I can remove from the site.
5. I learned tactical skills that come with any sport.
6. I learned patience.
7. I also gained a lot of respect for my Dad.
8. I learned how to prepare the game so that it was ready for the kitchen.
9. I learned gun safety.
10. I also learned to respect those who have a belief about hunting that is different from mine.

As a youngster, I had an interest in hunting. If I hadn't, my Dad wouldn't have taken me with him. We were not forced to learn to hunt. So, as my children grew up, and they did not show an interest in hunting, I did not force it on them. Also, because my interests tended to follow theirs, my interest in hunting wained. Now my grandchildren are old enough to hunt, but their primary interest is in the arts. As a result they don't hunt. Again, my interest is in their interests. None the less, I have tried to find ways to teach my children and grandchildren the same values that my father taught me, I just have to use other methods. That is why I still enjoy hunting, but with a camera. We still can hike into the wilderness and they can learn from it.

If I needed the food, or had an interest in hunting, I would hunt, but those factors just aren't there any more. But I don't begrudge those who do. I do, however, have a great deal of trouble with those who have the idea that it is their job to shame a hunter into believing the same way that they do.

Perhaps with the exception of the quality of the tools used, hunting is as it has always been, man against his natural surroundings. I guess if your natural surroundings have always been concrete, blacktop, and steel, you just can't understand.

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Why is this even up for debate? I personally don't hunt. That said, if Jason wants to hunt and teach his kids to hunt...that's Jason's choice. Yes, I know how meat makes it's way to my dining room table. Yes, I know about caged chickens. That said, the world is way too politically correct these days. If you have a problem with someone else's choices, keep your opinions to yourself...or get over it.

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Putting deadly weapons in the hands of a 3 and 5 year old and teaching them how to kill is beyond reckless. Couple that with his instilling the notion in these toddler/preschoolers that they are the "men" of the house and they need to protect mommy when he is away, well that is practically begging for an accidental shooting.
I am not against hunting or kid learning to shoot, but at age 3 and 5? That's insanely reckless.

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Ilyssa Panitz - You are a complete idiot.

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Hello People,,,,,,Welcome to the real world !!!,,,,,,,,OR; only the bad guys will have the weapons !!!,,,,,Happy New Year !

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Lets see who thinks hunting is a SIN, people who give their kids condoms so they can skank around with many men, kill their children in abortion, have sex outside of marriage, tax cheats, homosexual perverts, if you want to correct morals become moral yourself. These are the greatest sins and dying in one of them unforgiven will send you to hell forever. Saints ate meat...it's no sin to God only to immoral depraved liberals. The wicked always have a problem with truth.

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AOL who endorses every kind of homosexual perversion even giving them kids, sin and vulgarity has a problem with hunting.. Hmmm just proves,"wisdom is far from the wicked." Where do u think your shoes come from corn?

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A bad parent is one who takes their children to get artificial birth control for sex, lives in sin with a bf or gf, and is immoral. Good parents teach christian morals,, and hunting isn't a sin to Godly people.

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As a mother who always asked her ex-husband to lock up the guns at his house and his response was , the kids have gone to hunting safety classes and they know better .
My son was killed playing russian roulette with his friends with one of these guns that should have been locked up. He was 16 1/2 years old it, will be 8 yrs Jan 19.
My two younger sons are now 21 and 22 yrs old and they do hunt with both guns and bows.
Kids think they are invincible and like to take chances, act cool with their friends, So I am begging all the parents with guns please lock them up!

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