The original poster is the proud mother of a 13 year old boy. They are both just learning how to hunt for the first time and she was excited to share a joyous time in her and her sons life. They are both now hunters for life and will look forward to hunting season every fall. The only ones that they have to learn from is her father and her brother, and us. Whether you agree with what happened or not it happened, and criticizing them now will only cause them to not want to listen to us. If you really want to help and turn these two beginners into "responsible hunters", then you should use the upcoming year to encourage them to buy a rangefinder, and to practice shooting at very long distances. Everyone should just think back to their first deer and how they felt, don't ruin it for this kid. He was just doing what his grandfather and his uncle told him to do, and he pulled it off. Congrats DS, nice buck!!!!