i started with my dad at age 5 and shot my first deer at 6. We hunted together till i was 18 or so and those are some of the best memories I have of him and hunting. We would continue to hunt toegether off and on until he passed in 2010. Never to early to get them started and start making memories of a lifetime

My son has been hunting with me since he was 4 years old and now he is 10 and a very good shot and has killed 8 deer over the years. I will let him hunt alone when I think in my mind he is responsible enough to handle hunting alone. No way in hell am I letting a 10 year old run around the wood with a high powered rifle. I don't care if he was born with a gun in his hand and has shot a ton of animals they are still kids and don't think clearly at times. If a gun miss fires what goes through their head and how would they handle that situation? Do the check the gun by looking down the barrel or open it up to look? We would not know b/c we are not there and got lucky nothing happened who knows. I teach my son these situations and would like to think I covered them all on what to do how to point your gun and when to load and unload but to a 10 year old on his own who knows just not going to take that chance just yet. To each his own on this b/c every kid is different, but he is my only child and I would not want anything to happen to him by rushing him to be on his own hunting he has plenty of time to grow up and prove himself until then I will enjoy the time in the blind with him. Plus we have greAt time together.

I started taking my oldest when he turned 3 and can't leave him behind ever since.. Bought his first license this year at the age of 6. hes not ready to shoot, but he loves having the $7 license in his pocket to complete his hunting attire.
My youngest is now 3 and in no way is he ready to go.. We wouldn't make it 10 min.

I don't think I started sitting by myself until I was 12-13 years old. Every kid is different.

very impressive... That been many years ago, different state, different type hunting... Parents, aunts & uncles... Did the hunting... Do remember going ta Grandparents going out on lakes on a pontoon fishing for sunfish, & the icefishing in the winter at that age, just being a kid to busy playing...
Edit: do remember at bout that age, bro's & i getten on them thar HF wild hogs getten thrown & haven ta up & get back on... Ma & pa wouldn't let me carry my pistal... So when they called me caveman & the hogs gonna getcha, when got on first lease, cause of the 24-7-365 hunting... Did my own thing, huntsolo wondering about the woods with pistal on me hip flashlight off... High-tech has made it much safer...

This is exactly how I started. Barely old enough to remember but my first year i took my toy (Fake) Red Ryder. I was 4. My dad would let me 'shoot' the 'deer' which was really just me shooting blanks out the window. I loved it and I think that's really what made me love hunting so much.