Me- 14
Oldest son- still waiting
Youngest son- 17

I was 10.
My daughter was 10.
My son was 10.

I think 10 is a good age, at least for my family...

I was 15, way to old. Start them young!

My old Daddy started me bird hunting w/him at 5, I think I was more of the bird dog..I learned to deer hunt by myself. I started my son's very young and spent a lot of time on a bench with them and my rifles prior and they still got nervous and still do..darn, wish I did..DD

13years old, 1982 Basket 7 point.... still have the Ruger M77 243. I still remember getting the shakes and excitement. Once it all comes together you're hooked, enjoy your time outdoors as thats an important part of learning and understanding what its all about.

I was 10 the first time my dad took me. He gave me a 410, a pocketful of 7 shot in my right pocket, and a handful of slugs in my left. Sat me down in front of a big old oak and told me to shoot all the squirrels. If I saw a deer, load a slug. Then he left me there. I shot two squirrels, and missed a deer. I had assumed that he had gone and hunted another part of the property, but I found out 25 years later that he had only gone about 25 yards behind me and sat and watched me the whole time. My son is now 4, and he has gone with me on "squirrel hunts" which amounts to the two of us walking around the woods with me carrying that same old .410 for about an hour. I love it!

Last year, 18yrds bowtech........hooooooked. 33yrs young

I was 12, shot a doe with my fathers .30-30, 1st buck was a 3 point with the same gun. My son killed his 1st, a spike w/ NE youth single shot .243. all 3 killed in the same field in Madison county

1st deer was at the prime age of 25! id hunted in the past, but when my grandad got weak and coudn't hunt;we didn't go.BUT i finally prevailed and got one! And i've been hunting every chance i can since then.

I was 12 when I shot my first rifle buck. 7.62x39mm, 9 point, extremely tall tines, very narrow, prolly 130-135.

I was 13 when I shot my first bow buck. It was a youth bow of some sort. 8 point, thick horns, about a 125 class buck.

Both were in Coleman, near Big O's in Valera, out towards OH Ivie.

Killed my first doe at 6 with a 30-30. 3 more doe the next two seasons then my first buck at 9 with a .243. Took my son to the blind for the first time when he was two and he is 4 now. Expect to put a gun in his hands in the blind within two to three years.

I shot my first deer when I was 5 with a h&r 223 it was an old doe at about 80yds.

Pulled the trigger w/ dads help @ 3 yrs old and killed my first deer solo hunting at 7.

Took my first doe in Del Rio when i was 8 with a BAR .270

Shot an 8pt when I was 11 with my 300 win mag. First gun and first deer. Still have both

1986, age 9, 7 pointer with Winchester 243

Killed my first after just turning 7 with a single shot 16g shotgun. My son got his first about 1 month after turning 6 with his .223. My daughter was 8 when she shot her first and only deer.

Similar but related question for everyone who has been responding - how many deer hunting trips did you take before you finally got your first deer?