Good luck!! My buddy's and my kids are all either too old or too young now for the youth hunt. But I just found out that the farmer who I trade some field leasing for tractor time on my plots has a 14 year old some that qualifies - he's taken care of for deer, but we're going to get him into some turkey next spring.
Scary stuff: my daughter who's at college woke up with a 105 degree fever two weeks ago. Long story short, the school screwed the pooch in numerous ways worrying about possible COVID transmission before they knew she was negative, and failed to provide appropriate support for her. Case in point, when I finally called Public Safety to find out where the he!! my daughter had been quarantined because we lost contact with her, they found her passed out in front of a dirty apartment (she refused to stay there once she received her diagnosis), in 85 degree heat, dehydrated, waiting on the University Health Service to transport her back to her dorm. At 2 pm she got a negative test result, at 3 pm she was told a ride was on its way, and after 5 pm she was unable to get in touch with anyone with the power to make a decision. So she passed out. With a 105 fever. Luckily, we had been in contact with her all along (she asked us not to step in, to see how the University was handling these cases), but when we lost contact we freaked out and Public Safety was the ONLY folks who answered their phone.
There were numerous screw ups between her COVID test and then, as well. They initially sent her back to her room rather than quarantine, and told her to isolate. With zero support. Which could have led to her possibly infecting her suitemates. She literally locked herself in her room. Once they realized their mistake, a COVID SWAT team showed up and told her she had ten minutes to pack, she was going into quarantine. The bottom line is that - if your have a kid at school - make sure they have a COVID bag packed in case they need to quarantine quickly, make sure that the school has been transparent regarding its protocol so that the kids know what's going to happen, and don't count on the school caring about anything but minimizing the spread of COVID.
As faculty, I am embarrassed. We need to provide better support for students as they inevitably come down with the flu or some other virus. They will get sick. It won't generally be COVID. As parents, we trust the Universities to do what is right for them in a time of need, not just worry about their own a$$es.
It goes without saying that I am following up with the powers that be regarding how to improve the process. My daughter is a bit of an activist, and she is eager to be part of the process. In her own words, "my friends saw what I went through - do you think they're more or less likely to report emerging symptoms after that?". Thus far there has been radio silence, but I can be persistent.
