I've been in those shoes and it is a tuff one.

For one, tell him that you guys need to have different stand sites. It is crazy to put all your eggs in one basket like that.

Hunting different stands gives both of you a chance to get your deerwithout only one guy getting the first shot.

I once had a guy I took hunting. He was quite old, about 35,and only ever bagged one deer. I was told the deer was hit by someone else and came limping by him. Other guys at work always made fun of him behind his back. I felt bad for him.

Anyway, I took the guy under my wing and tried to teach him what I could. When I got to talking to him I realized he didn't know very much at all. He couldn't tell which way a deer was going by looking at a track. ( Totally lost) I knew I bit off more than I could chew. I put him in my favorite archery stand the first day while I hunted another spot. Sure enough he hit a spike buck.(This was in West Virginia)He called me on his radio.

When I got to him I could see that he was excited. I ask him lots of questions. " Where did you hit it?, Where was the deer standing when you shot?, Which way did it run?, etc..." He did not know anything.
Luckily I found the blood trail and found his buck. I even gutted it for him. He didn't know how.

I took him later that year in rifle season in PA. I got a buck with a bow so I couldn't hunt. I sat with him in the spot I would have hunted.

First thing after daylight, we saw a small buck( This was before antler restrictions) It was walking toward us at 40yds. He aims over a log and shoots. The deer takes off with his right shoulder broke and a big gash down his side. We watched the deer run down the hill.

As we sat there, I ask him where he was aiming. He said, " The shoulder"


The idiot aimed at the shoulder as the deer was walking dirrectly toward him. Basicly aiming right down along its side. I was a bit frustrated and explained where he should have aimed.

I tracked the deer and found it bedded down with its head up. He finished it off with a second shot.

He also shot a doe in WV's rifle season.

He got 3 deer that year and he'd only taken 1 deer in the previous 23 years. His family made a big deal about him being the deer slayer and all.

The following year he wanted to hunt with me again but I wasn't so eager to hunt with him. It was like baby sitting.

When it came to buck season, he wanted to hunt right beside me. I told him no. He insisted he would hunt a few trees over and I insisted that he hunt another spot I picked out for him. He gave in but I could tell he wasn't happy. The spot I found for him was a few miles down the road.

The first day at daylight he hit a deer. He hit it low and broke its front leg.


I got a small buck from the spot I was hunting. When I loaded the buck in my pickup ,I drove to where he was hunting and was surprised to see him at his truck.

When I got there he jumped out and told me his story. He said he couldn't find it but he had some chunks of bone in his pocket he showed me. When he ask how I did,I pointed in the back of the truck. The look in his eyes and I could see he was mad. He felt that was his deer or something. I tried to explain that he also got to shoot and had a chance, but I guess that wasn't good enough.

I insisted we go look for his deer but he said " I looked everywhere and I'm going home."

He got in his truck and left and this was only about 11:00AM on the first day.

I went down to search for his deer even though there was little I could do, even if I did find it. I found the blood trail and followed it and found a couple more small pieces of bone but did not find the deer.

The next yearhe didn'task to hunt with me.



Sorry for the long story but maybe you can learn what might happen.

There's nothing wrong for taking someone new hunting. Just know when to put your foot down. Some people act like you owe it to them to be the guide. I guess if I'd taken some time to get to know this guy first I might have seen that.

Just get to know the guy and insist that you guys hunt different areas to give both of you a chance. If he doesn't like that then tell him you are sorry but the first day comes once a year and you have to miss work and you want a chance at a deer too.

Somehow its different hunting with a long time friend. You don't mind hunting the same spot together. Its different with someone that you aren't good friends with.

Hope all goes well with you.