Oh, and one more thing, for 4 years my boy has been w/me on some pretty incredible hunts, I put him on his first hog early this year, and he missed. I put him on more hogs that same week and he missed again, his first actual kills didn't come till last weekend on a dove hunt. My point is if you start them out right they'll grow up enjoying the hunt, w/or w/out the kill. And in the end, the experience is what they'll remember forever. Not the meat.
Go get some tree rats. 😆
The most important thing to teach is safety when my dad took me he would ask if my gun was on safety like every couple of minutes i am 36 now and i bet we would still ask LOL
I guess it really comes down to do you think he will be able to be safe with a fire arm only you can answer that but i would say take him with you and let see what it is all about and start working with him on the basics of firearm safety you can do that at home before you even go to the range
my step daughter has been with me several times this year she is going to try and kill a deer she is 10 let us know how it goes
good luck
Toby
Personally, I don't think it is ever too early to start them. I know I started letting my boy sit in the stand with me last year. It was an absolute disaster, but we had a good time. He sat in a box stand, a ground blind, and a 2-man ladder stand. I jerry-rigged a safety harness for him. This year he hasn't shown much interest till just the last few weeks ha has been asking to go. We have a work weekend once a month at thee hunt club and we always bring our kids with us. I can remember laying him down on the seat of the 4-wheeler and changing diapers while my buddies are laughing at me. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I was 4 when I started tagging along with my dad. By the time I was 10 he could trust to leave my by myself for a short period of time.
I have not let my son shoot a gun as of yet, but tomorrow I plan on letting him shoot his cricket.
One thing I have done is instill gun safety into my sons brain since he was a few months old. He will be 5 in march and honestly I trust him more around guns than I do some adults. He absolutely knows not to ever touch a gun and will tell others not to touch them. I can leave a gun on the rack of my 4-wheeler and he will not go near it(unloaded of course). Don't get me wrong I don't leave a gun loaded laying around.
I am really looking forward to next year when he is a little older and will be more manageable
I guess the thing is I cherish the days I tagged along with my old man and I want my boy to have those same memories as i had. Only if his grampa were her to see him now
