Depends on the qualifications for a partner.
If there aren't any, is there a young kid in the group? This way the kid could help with the hunt and learn from the veteran while allowing your buddy to still be the hunter.


Also, how close does the partner have to be? You can both hunt relatively close to each other without being right on top of each other and have some sort of radio or signal if one of you gets a deer.


Just my $.02