forget about how long you have left to hunt, I'm working on 69 and we leave for a backpack bow elk hunt next week in Colorado, you don't give yourself or the young man enough credit,he learned more than he realizes and you upon reflection have also learned, sounds like a great experience,do yourself and the young man a favor take him back out and work to get him a bull you'll both profit from the trip, God speed your son in Irac, semper fi