I agree with the some of the others and it's never too young to start. My oldest boy (now 12) started sitting on stand with me while bow-hunting when he was 8 years old. I put 2 stands in the same tree, kept them low, and of course he wore a safety harness. He sat with me at 8 and 9 years old to observe. At 10 he hunted for the first time with a crossbow ( I don't hunt with a gun) and he shot a beautiful buck his first year of hunting. Now I also have a 3 year old and he sat with me bowhuntingin a ground blind last year at the age of 2. This was more of a novelty thing because he is too young to sit still and quiet but I know that he loved that I was willing to take him even though he talked too much. At this point I enjoy exposing my boys to the joy of bow-hunting just about as much as hunting on my own. Here are some pics of his first hunt: