RE: My son may be hooked.
He is turning out to be a good shot. He has probably shot up a 500 round box or 2 of 22's through my old Remington with iron sights. He likes to shoot at leftover clay targets he finds at the range, that way he knows imediately when he hits it. He does seem to have the bug.
My 15 year old has it to some extent, but not like the younger one. He seems to of lost some of it after this past deer season when he missed the first deer he's ever shot at. It wasn't so much his fault though. My brother had put him in the same spot I had shot a deer a few days earlier. The deer I shot was at 325 yards with a 7mm. The one my son shot atwas about the same distance but with a gun he was not use to. He had never shot beyond about 150 yards either so it was the wrong place for him to be sitting. I have him in the drawing for a youth ML'er elk hunt this year so I hope that will bring him back around.
I hope everyone has a great day and thanks for the replies.