Got this guy on my hunting property. Problem is, my 12 year old son gets to hunt this year, and has to be with me at all times. Do I take / not take the boy to this guy's area as it may possibly ruin my son forever? I hunt for meat, but won't hesitate to take a big buck if he pops up.

That would be quite a first deer!

Shoot em!

I don’t know if I wouldn’t.

He would never top it. But let him go for it.

I agree, let him shoot it. And be sure to post pics here once he does.

That isnt a problem. Put the kid on that deer!

Let him shoot it...

heck yeah

Let him at it would be my approach. He might never top it, but I doubt he'll stop hunting because he shot it.

Let him. If he gets it, you'll both have smiles forever

This above! The largest deer I ever shot (body size & rack) was my first buck (1973) at 15 years old. That never slowed my enthusiasm for deer hunting, in fact it probably stoked it! Let him have a shot at it.

I’m not far from you, there’s more big bucks around. He’ll top it someday, let him at it!

Let your kid pick the spots he wants to go and go with him to those spots. Personally the kids I see that get and stay into hunting are allowed to succeed or fail on their own.

Make sure he understands that it could well be a "Once in a Lifetime" Deer, and he may never top it, but he has many years of good hunting to come.

We learned our lesson last year. I decided to let the boys hunt a big buck we had on camera. The neighbor several miles away got him. We decided after that "we" all hunt a buck if it's really big.

Let him wack him a great way to get a young man excited about hunting .

Judging by how his rack has gone down he is smart and you probly won't see him in the daylight. Better let anyone that sees him shoot it.

You the one had the giant beside the feeder and wondered if you should put up a blind?

Yes but we already had a blind in there. I thought the deer might b 160 until after shooting mine then got more and better pics and realized it was closer to 180