Thread: How youngs too young

I dont think the recoil or shooting a large bore rifle is much of a problem. The thing I would want to be sure of is that the young chap is mature enough to understand the significance of taking the life of a game animal.

I see too many pics of kids with deer making stupid gestures and not giving the animal or the occasion the respect it deserves. I tried to teach my boys some respect for our quarry, and made sure it was well embedded before I let them shoot a deer. They were about 14 or 15 I think. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time. May be, maybe not.