I hunt with my 15 year old son. Thus far, a pronghorn antelope hunt to Wyoming last October (my son bagged a buck and I took a doe) and a deer hunt in Oklahoma last November (I took a doe, my son was skunked, because he refused to get a combo license -- first deer HAS TO BE A BUCK!!! -- and he never saw a buck).

Now, I don't sit with him on stand while deer hunting, and the pronghorn stalk is a solitary affair, but I suppose these both still qualify as "hunting together." While I continue to enjoy taking game, I think I can honestly say it pleases me more for my son to take the game than me. For example, I was pleased my son took the grander buck pronghorn while I took the less grand -- in terms of appearance, the doe tastes better -- doe pronghorn.

My wife has said she would like to go upland bird hunting with me, and I would like that but so far have not determined a place to hunt and other logistics details. My oldest daughter evinces no interest in hunting, though I have asked her, so I guess she won't be hunting with me. My youngest daughter, however, seems to have more interest in hunting. At 8 years old it will be several more years before we can hunt together, but if she is still interested, perhaps at 12 years of age, I'll get her through a hunter safety course and begin shooting at the shooting range, try to hunt some squirrels, and progress.

Hunting with your family can be very quality time. For example, my son and I spent a lot of good time on the pronghorn trip: driving 1,100 miles from North Texas to Gillette, Wyoming, at restaurants, at the motel, hunting. I barely get 5 minutes of his time during the average school day, but on the hunting trip we were together 24 hours a day for 8 days, in exciting and pleasant circumstances. A good opportunity to build rapport -- or reestablish rapport.