Ahhh... I remember that age well. I wanted to shoot my own deer so bad by age 12, that I could hardly stand it.
A hand-me-down Chilean Mauser '95 in 7x57 that was as tall as I was managed to kill the hell out of a Whitetail doe at about 80 yards. Hunting with that fat pig of a rifle until I was 16 ALMOST turned me off to hunting. I'm sure the boy's Dad is providing better hardware
Spent all day today 'scouting' my bear spot. Saw some tracks from a dink up around 5700' on the snow line. Fed some ticks, and watched a bull through the spotter that looked to have JUST dropped his antlers. Maybe if'n I wind up married again, I'll get as lucky as you, if nothing else I've got a nephew that needs to be spoiled rotten