Thread: How young is to young?

A couple of things from me ... you will know when ...
Like Rushy said - make if fun. With my son I wanted him to see the damage that even the .22lr could cause. I wanted him to appreciate the danger involved in shooting. We shot all sorts of things, fruit, veges, cans of VB, water melons, all sorts of stuff ... after the hooting, he pretty quickly realised the dangers to shooting the message sunk in. Then we did it with a shotgun ... OMG he got it.
As he got a little older he became more confident and as boys sometimes do - they stop listening to their dads. I sent him off with a friend for a rabbit shoot and he drilled him nicely in safety and rules and general stuff. I returned the favour and took his boy. NZDA hunt program's would also help as would gun clubs with their etiquette & rules. ATB ... Gunzrrr