Hey Lloyd, get him a cell phone before hunting season. Even for school and at the park, you never know if some little emergency comes up that he needs to get a hold of someone. Back when they were smaller, my wife just put blocks to limit the numbers a kid could send or receive calls from and no texting at the time. You never know, he might need it to get you out of a jam.

Get him out hunting before you lose him to high school. No regrets, but my boy was so involved in fall sports that no one got as much hunting in as we would've liked by the time he was maybe eleven or twelve.