Yall are lucky there are still a few of us ladies lurking around here. I agree with the gun - she probably can't afford one and it will really mean something to her. She will be able to keep it for a lifetime and pass it to her kids. You can help her learn how to care for it and shoot with it. Plus, you will have a hunting buddy that will have her own gun, always a good thing!

I would go with a gun. it could be something you give her and last her the rest of her life and then she could pass it on to her daughter.

I agree about the gun. Just get her that is easy to operate and a quality scope to go with it. Let her know that she can go hunting with you whenever she has time. Ladies who hunt are great people.

i would go with a gun. i would probley pick a 30-30 because they are so versitale.

I would have to say go with the gun.

I would agree with the gun. I am a female that comes from a nonhunting family. My great uncle bought me my gun. It is my most treasured possession. It will be something she can always keep and never borrow yours. If she really likes the outdoors I would also go with a subscription to the F&S magazine. I love mine. It gives the whole year!!! I agree also with the bow. I would love the opportunity to bow hunt. She just graduated from college she needs the challenge. It takes real patience and careful precision to tackle a bow, so I have heard!!

I'd go with a .243 rifle and a good scope,along with a Boonie Packer sling. It will last her a lifetime and every time she picks it up, she'll be thinkin' 'bout dear 'ol dad!

Just as Judy said, my second choice would be a bow,and the way Judy described huntin' with a bow, causes me to long for the fall bow season ...

Dear Desperate Father, Today is my first day and have grown up around guns my whole life. I would say buy her a gun or if you have a big sports store close you could get her a gift card. So that she can pick out one that is more comfortable for her. You could always put a picture in with the gift card in the bday card. Anyone can buy camos at any time. Fly rods I have no idea what the prices are of those. My point is the gun is the most expensive in (I think) and not easy for a 19 year old to obtain. I wish my father had given me a gun as a present. As I have never bought myself one and I am 38 now. My husband has many and I can use them when I want. But I want one of my own and after my kids are grown I will buy one.

well i'm 19, just finished my first year away at college aswell and if i were her, id want a gun. i have a few but maybe something versitle. i have a 270 i've used for deer, turkey, beer... some kinda gun

I know this is an old thread and you've probably long since made up your mind, but I couldn't resist chiming in anyway. If you want to mark a momentous occasion, buy her a gun. Preferably (in my opinion) a lovely wood-stocked shotgun that she can take care of and shoot for the rest of her life and pass down to her children and tell them "your grandpa bought this for me when I was a girl."

Or, save the gun for a REALLY big occasion like graduation, and this year get her a membership at a sporting clays club, a pretty concealed-carry purse (although I haven't found one yet that doesn't look like one my grandma would carry), a fishing rod, a good pair of boots, etc.

what did ya get? or are you still waiting?? I have a daughter now too ,but mine is 5 months old but hey its never to early to plan!

I wanted out of this man's army. Stayed, glad I did.

countit beat me to it...I wanted out of the military at 19, had been in 2 years at that point.

But other than that, I would say like just about everyone else, get her a gun.

I would go with a gun and if there was a way to customize it, I would go with that too. I am 21 at KU and I am obsessed with hunting and anything that has a KU or ADPI logo. So I have camo shirts that I got stitched with those logos or on my gun case I got a logo too.

Your a Dad, get creative. :)

I say go with a bow, a bow is more for that specific person, plus a 19 year old will grow to be more patient and appreciate the time in the bow wood and encounters that she will have with the deer up close and personal.

diamonds are forever, why not a bow? haha, a gun might be more useful though, especialy a shotgun combo, with bird barrel and a rifled barrel, not to tell you how to spend your money on your daughter. whatever you do, i'm sure she will apriciate it.

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