121553: Thanks for the clarification. I have no problem with you being in the same woods as me. From your posts I am sure that you don' t handle firearms after alcohol consumption.

But to clarify. No, we don not allow alcohol in camp at any time. That is a hard and fast rule in our camp. We just don' t want there to be any chance that someone could drink a little too much. I also took 5 kids under 18 years old hunting this past year. Don' t want any of them to get the idea that drinking around firearms is ok. I realize that responsible adults can handle it, but can all 15 year olds? Anyway, that is our personal opinion that applies to our hunting ranch. To each his own.

One thing we found out through the years that made us change to this policy is that our core hunters may never abuse drinking, but we do allow some guests, and they are not always as responsible. We just take that temptation out of the equation and we have just as much fun. Again, that is what works for us and we are all happy with the results.

Good hunting.