how to uninvite a friend on opening weekend.

[fonz88]

I need some advice on how to uninvite a friend.he is new to bowhunting, and by new I mean..he just bought his bow this morning. He's a good friend of ours but the moral of our story is ..you don't become a bow hunter from one day to another.

[mhbaseball]

invite him just tell him u dont want him hunting.....

[Atfulldraw]

who invited him?

[safetyman]

did you invite him?????

if so then its kinda hard to uninvite

[BowHuntTexas]

Put him in a stand you don't hunt very often get their before him and pee all around it ,tell him not to shoot unless he is in the stand, idk

[Brazos Hunter]

did you invite him?????

if so then its kinda hard to uninvite

^^^This. Don't want to sound cold hearted but you should have thought about that prior to inviting him.

[HandiKap Bowhunter]

Let him come out just dont let him hunt persay. Let him sit with ya and watch then spend the days working with him and building his confidence. Tell him you cant moraly let him shoot it at an animal until you are both CONFIDENT in his ability.

[Philip-TX]

Newbe's gotta start somewhere. Better to start with some instruction then not.

Take this opportunity to get him started on the "right foot".

Have him prove shooting proficiency at camp before he goes out, or something.
Talk about when to draw, animal alertness/position, shot placement,recovery, etc.

[Tubby]

Let him come out just dont let him hunt persay. Let him sit with ya and watch then spend the days working with him and building his confidence. Tell him you cant moraly let him shoot it at an animal until you are both CONFIDENT in his ability.

This ^^

Make this into a training opportunity. Who knows, may see a coon or a pig he can take a shot at...

[Twztid]

cut his bow strings on a gas stop on the way up there..... =)

[chief262]

Uninvite may equal unfriend. Consider all the above advice. Good Luck!

[tomkat]

Make him qualify with his bow at camp and give him some pointers. I wouldn't uninvite him I would preach to him how to me ethical with his shot on a animal. teach him aim small miss small.

[Captrix]

Put him in a stand you don't hunt very often get their before him and pee all around it ,tell him not to shoot unless he is in the stand, idk

That doesnt work. My 6 yr old son pees where ever he feels like it and several times its been near or on my feeder legs and I shot a fallow doe last year walking where everyone goes potty at a friends ranch.

[bowhuntntxn]

If he is that much of a friend, it would seem that you would know he did not have a history of bowhunting. IMO I would not uninvite him, but I would invent some sort of proficiency test that he must pass to hunt alone. Such as all 6 arrows within a 3" circle from 20 yards or something like that. All while turning different shot angles, and elevations.

Then you always have the reasoning that you had to pass the same skill test, so he must also pass it.

[Codie]

Newbe's gotta start somewhere. Better to start with some instruction then not.

Take this opportunity to get him started on the "right foot".

Have him prove shooting proficiency at camp before he goes out, or something.
Talk about when to draw, animal alertness/position, shot placement,recovery, etc.

This - why not use it as an opportunity to teach him and let him have at it? I shot my first deer on my first hunt (4 days after I got my first bow) and have been hooked ever since