Hunting with My Boy

I have always looked forward to fall break, however for the last 3-4 years it is more than ever. There are many pleasures in life, but one of my greatest is spending time in the woods with my son. This fall we have been out hunting or prepping to hunt over a dozen times and there will be two dozen more. There are so many aspects to it. One is that as hunters we are equals. The days of my teaching him sportsmanship and gamesmanship are over. Now we team together to make strategic decisions. We both unselfishly want the other to succeed in the hunt and we share equally in the work that comes after a successful hunt. A lot of people don't understand hunting and I respect that. At first glance taking guns afield to kill animals can seem barbarian at best. But, hunting is so much more than that and it is hard to put to words. But the bottom line is hunting for me is a chance to spend high quality, uninterupted time, in nature's greatest setting with a most special person.