Guys.....Lisa and I struggle with the stance I've chosen. Out of the blue.....Lisa asked Mitch, last night...when we picked him up from his girlfriend's house, if he was going to do more hunting, this year. He said he was. SHE asked him if he was going to start shooting his bow (he hasn't shot much in a while). He said he would.

We won't let him go hunting unless he practices (nor would any of you .....if you hunt ethically). I also can't help but think I'm sending the wrong sgnal to my son......if I let him "half-ass" hunting. Maybe you don't understand what I'm asking of a TEENAGER. I ask him to keep his hunting clothes in plastic bins. When he takes them off.....put them up. When he says he's going hunting.....get them out and put them on. When you say yo're going hunting the next day.......don't be looking for your haul line, bow hook, etc........5 minutes before we're supposed to be leaving.

And I have NO PROBLEMS taking him hunting even if he doesn't do all these things. I simply don't take him into the best spots. We still see deer. That's not the issue. If I reward him for mediocrisy, now......"I" feel like I'm doing him a disservice. I'll not reward him for taking the easy way out all the time.

I hope this makes things clearer....and I don't mind the discussion, one bit. I lost my "DAD" manual a long time ago.