No, I don't have to ask. I can take him if I want. I just want everyone to be on board with it.

I would also have to get my wife's blessing. We agreed on 16 a bunch of years ago so we would have to both agree.....especially with pulling him out of school.

We never curse in the house and have a strict cursing policy. I never cursed in front of my son or in front of my parents. My dad has no issue with cursing, though. I have no issue dropping a curse here and there, we just chose not to do it in front of our children.

This is a big step. A right of passage. As kids, we never went to buck camp. We went up on the weekends, but the first Monday - Wednesday were the grown-ups. I guess I just got used to that.

The boy may very well be tagged out by buck camp so we'll see how that goes. He may be bored if he is in the cabin by himself all day.

This is our cabin. This isn't a club. So, my son is there every weekend and hunts every weekend that the season is opened. And with my dad most days. So this isn't the first time he's been to this place, or hunted, or hunted with gramps (Opa to us). It's just the 3 days where the men traditionally went up.