CharlieP,
I applaud the way you are teaching your son. However, I believe that a hunter ed course would benefit him greatly. As Canuck2 stated, many times the child picks up the bad habits of the dad/uncle/whatever. I teach hunter ed and that has been my experience as well. None of us are perfect and thus your son can learn from a different point of view. You should attend with your son and you can discuss why something was taught that was different from how you do it. Virtually all of the experienced hunters that go through my classes state that they learned way more than they thought they would. You asked if kids continue to do it the way they are taught after they are in the field with their dad/uncle/etc. I can answer that question and have the facts to back it up. Yes they do. Take a look at any state's accident rate compared to it hunter ed program. There is indisputable evidence it works.

A lot of people on this board continue to say they and their kids are different--they know better than hunter ed program. That is scary. CharlieP, answer me this, statistically speaking, what type of hunter is the most dangerous?