you have an opportunity to ask him to come rifle hunting with you, shoot a doe or small buck and get him excited about harvesting a deer, give them some meat, show him how to help his mom provide for the family, if he does get into it, its ok but you tried

Well obviously Big Brothers and a big Sisters isn’t your thing or others….

Unfortunately not uncommon with wives, they get mad at you on something they know little or nothing about

Then they don't respect you or your judgment and let you lead. Even when there is a difference of opinion she needs to know/believe you have her and the families best intres in mind and have respect and confidence in your decision making and leadership. If not and she wants to lead At that point you are the wifeb not the husband.

Then they don't respect you or your judgment and let you lead. Even when there is a difference of opinion she needs to know/believe you have her and the families best intres in mind and have respect and confidence in your decision making and leadership. If not and she wants to lead At that point you are the wifeb not the husband.

I can hardly believe the advice I'm seeing given here.
Here's a great opportunity to make a huge difference in this fatherless kids life.
I get way more enjoyment helping and seeing a youngster get started in hunting or trapping than I get out of those pursuits.
Yeah, I think you're being somewhat of a jerk, or selfish; hey, you asked the question.

He does have a bow, I have an elevated stand in my yard I use to practice on. Last summer I was off work one day and he was over. I let him shoot all he wanted. First I cranked his bow up to 25 lbs from 20. I’m sure that hasn’t changed. It’s a decent bow that zips arrows pretty well for the poundage. But I believe in Mn it’s 35 minimum and I doubt he can pull that. As far as accuracy, he could hit the target most of the time. He could hit a paper plate 2 of 5 maybe. He’s not ready to hunt. His step dad is a putz who has guns but I’m not sure why. As long as I’ve known him he hasn’t hunted. I told my wife there is 300 acres of state land two miles away his step dad could take him hunting on. In fact I hunted there for a good 5 years exclusively until I bought my home property nearby. It was my only option.

Why they bought him a bow to begin with is puzzling. If his step dad was planning on hunting with him, great, I’m all for it. But my own hunting time is limited. Most evenings I struggle to get a hour or maybe 2 in after work. But once October hits it gets dark fast etc and I don’t get out bow hunting myself. If he were older or grew up in a hunting family it would be a different situation, but it’s not. I just needed to vent a bit tonight, I’m getting the silent treatment from the war dept and I’m trying to wrap my head around how I got tossed into the center of this kind of stupidity. It’s November, bow hunting opened in Sept. it’s cold, after this Sunday, every deer in the area will be spooked until next year, and it’s going to be 20 degrees tomorrow morning. Not a good recipe to sit on a portable stand for an 11 yr old.