Hey Guys,
I'm not sure what to do with my hunting partner.....my brother. When I first started archery hunting I lived in Montana and my childhood friend is who I hunted with. We both worked out, shot, scouted, planned together. Then I moved to Idaho and so the last 4 years I have hunted with my brother. He doesn't workout(not a real huge deal) he doesn't ever shoot his bow till about a week before season, he doesn't do any scouting or planning. It all falls on me. It is getting really old that I do all the work and he just shows up and hunts.
Every week for the last 2 weeks I text him a few times during the week and ask how his training and shooting is going. He just says he hasn't started and doesn't have time. I know he does have time cause he is on his phone 90% of the time. Plus usually you make time for things you want to do.
Anyway I'm sick of hounding him, but if I don't hunt with he is gonna get hurt and offended since I'm his only hunting buddy and he looks forward to the hunt every year. And making a brother mad isn't really worth an elk. Plus my wife likes that I have someone with me and I'm not hunting alone for 10 days.
I've tried to be blunt and I can tell he kinda gets upset, but I tried to go passive aggressive at first but he didn't get it.
What would you guys do?
I'm not sure what to do with my hunting partner.....my brother. When I first started archery hunting I lived in Montana and my childhood friend is who I hunted with. We both worked out, shot, scouted, planned together. Then I moved to Idaho and so the last 4 years I have hunted with my brother. He doesn't workout(not a real huge deal) he doesn't ever shoot his bow till about a week before season, he doesn't do any scouting or planning. It all falls on me. It is getting really old that I do all the work and he just shows up and hunts.
Every week for the last 2 weeks I text him a few times during the week and ask how his training and shooting is going. He just says he hasn't started and doesn't have time. I know he does have time cause he is on his phone 90% of the time. Plus usually you make time for things you want to do.
Anyway I'm sick of hounding him, but if I don't hunt with he is gonna get hurt and offended since I'm his only hunting buddy and he looks forward to the hunt every year. And making a brother mad isn't really worth an elk. Plus my wife likes that I have someone with me and I'm not hunting alone for 10 days.
I've tried to be blunt and I can tell he kinda gets upset, but I tried to go passive aggressive at first but he didn't get it.
What would you guys do?