Alot of good advice on here. I found Steven Rinella's book Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game Volume 1. Big game to be a very helpful start and getting the e book allows you access and photo references to review out in the field if you have a question and no service.
I also learned a...
How'd your scout go?
I've found boots on the ground scouts are great to figure out the terrain, but didn't help me much understanding what the pressure is like once im actually out there hunting.
Thanks for the post. I am excited to get my kids into hunting when they get of age. Great learning experience for your son of simply enjoying nature regardless of harvesting something. + he got to put in some hard work packing out meat up the ridge!
Thanks for sharing this video. A lot of reinforcing and motivating points. I need to watch this over and over again. This was my first year living in the west and gave the Elk Bow hunting on Public land (GMU 59, 581, 511) a shot. Learned a lot in the field but still more questions than answers...