My sons are 13 and 15 and have been hunting with me for 4 years now. Currently I take them everytime I am duck/goose hunting and every time I gun hunt for deer (coming up soon this year). I also take them on NH Youth waterfowl, turkey and deer weekends.

the price I pay is I won't shoot as many deer, cause they get the shot, the payoff is my kids are learning the right way, they are safe, and most of all I get to spend alot of quality time with them. My oldest will need his own license next fall and can hunt on his own. Not sure how often we will turn him loose totally on his own, but at a minimum I can put him in a stand and leave him there.

The look on the face of their first shots is priceless.