If it was up to my ex daughter-in-law, my grandson wouldn't be a hunter and there is nothing my son could have done about it. The pressure on her to allow him to go hunting, came from her father, who is also a hunter. Her father sent a 410 down here for him to pratice and hunt squirrels, he has a 30-30 for him if he wants to use it.

I know the first morning my grandson had a hand help game player, perhaps he had in the afternoon also. He didn't have it with him on the first Saturday when he went with me, but we didn't go hunting until 3:00.Either before or while we were getting into the stand, my son was sitting on the patio and a nice buck and doe ran through my yard from the woods where the stand is. Within 15 minutes the farmer came with the corn husker and enjoyed watching the machine work and the rabbits running out. It didn't bother me that he wasn't watching for deer, I also enjoyed the time with him and watching for rabbits. Perhaps some fathers place too much on the sucess of harvesting deer and big racked bucks, that their sons don't want to hunt because they might fail their fathers expectations.

I see no difference in playing a video game, reading a book, talking on your cell phone or taking a nag. If a child wants to take a video game along hunting, just be glad that he is interested in going in the woods with you.