I agree with you, kind of why I brought this up, I think it's so important to let the kid decide what to shoot. Sometimes we think we know, but do we?

Personally, I think any kid should be thrilled with a doe. I can still remember my first deer, a button buck. I was 16 and my brother was 14. We were the only ones in my family that hunted, and my dad would just drop us off at some friends home who had some private land. My brother and I would wander all over, eventually I shot my deer from a tree that had been struck by lighting, and I just sat on the top of it, and got to the top by shimying.

I was so proud of that deer, what a thrill! I was, and am, hooked for life.

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan.